Woodvale Airport

Royal Air Force Woodvale or more simply RAF Woodvale is a Royal Air Force station located 4 mi next to the towns of and in an area called Woodvale which is located to the south of , .
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: Royal Air Force station and training airfield in Merseyside, England, UK
  • Also known as: “EGOW”, “RAF Woodvale”, “Royal Air Force Station Woodvale”, and “Royal Air Force Woodvale”
  • Address: Formby, Liverpool, L37 7AD

Places of Interest

Highlights: Freshfield railway station and Ainsdale railway station.

Railway station
serves the district of , , .

Building
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Freshfield and Birkdale.

Suburb
is an area of , in the…

Suburb
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Hamlet
is a hamlet half a mile east of , in , , England.

Woodvale Airport

Latitude
53.58191° or 53° 34′ 55″ north
Longitude
-3.05511° or 3° 3′ 18″ west
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
Operator
Royal Air Force
ICAO airport code
EGOW
Open location code
9C5RHWJV+QX
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Tajik—“Woodvale Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “Royal Air Force Station Woodvale”
  • Cebuano: “Royal Air Force Station Woodvale”
  • Cebuano: “Woodvale”
  • Dutch: “Royal Air Force Station Woodvale”
  • French: “Royal Air Force Station Woodvale”
  • German: “Royal Air Force Station Woodvale”
  • Hebrew: “Royal Air Force Station Woodvale”
  • Indonesian: “Royal Air Force Station Woodvale”
  • Japanese: “ウッドベール空軍基地”
  • Malay: “Pangkalan Udara Woodvale”
  • Malay: “Pengkalan Udara Woodvale”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی وودویل”
  • Romanian: “Royal Air Force Station Woodvale”
  • Swedish: “RAF Woodvale”
  • Swedish: “Royal Air Force Station Woodvale”
  • Swedish: “Woodvale”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво салтанате вудуил”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Massam’s Slack and Moss Side.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Coppice and RAF Woodvale Gate Guardian.

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Worth a closer look: London and Manchester.

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