ICAO
GB-1279
GB = The Gambia

North Coates Airfield

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Also known as: RAF North Coates North Coates Flying Club
Small Airport
Timezone Europe/London
Local Time
Elevation 7 ft (2 m)
Coordinates 53.4978°N, 0.0620°E
Runways 2

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.

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