North Coates Airfield
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
GB-1279 is the ICAO airport code for North Coates Airfield, located in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. The airport is classified as a Small Airport. It operates in the Europe/London timezone at an elevation of 7 ft (2 m) above sea level. It has 2 runways.
About North Coates Airfield
Wikipedia ↗Royal Air Force North Coates or more simply RAF North Coates is a former Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England, 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Cleethorpes, and close to the mouth of the Humber estuary. It was an active air station during the First World War, and then again from the mid-1920s. Between 1942 and 1945, during the Second World War, it was the home of a Coastal Command Strike Wing, and from 1958 was a base for Bloodhound surface-to-air missiles, until it closed in 1990.
Location
Open in OpenStreetMap ↗Runways (2)
| Designation | Length | Width | Surface | Lighted | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 2,493 ft (760 m) | 59 ft (18 m) | G | No | Open |
| 05/23 | 2,493 ft (760 m) | 59 ft (18 m) | G | No | Open |
Airport Details
- ICAO Code
- GB-1279
- Type
- Small Airport
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Local Time
- —
- Elevation
- 7 ft (2 m)
- Coordinates
- 53.4978°N, 0.0620°E
External Links
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