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 Formby and Ainsdale in an area called Woodvale which is located to the south of Southport, Merseyside.- 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.
Freshfield railway station
Railway station
Freshfield railway station serves the Freshfield district of Formby, Merseyside, England.
Ainsdale railway station
Railway station
Ainsdale railway station serves the village of Ainsdale near Southport, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Freshfield and Birkdale.
Birkdale
Suburb
Lady Green
Hamlet
Lady Green is a hamlet half a mile east of Ince Blundell, in Sefton, Merseyside, England.
Woodvale Airport
- Categories: airbase, Royal Air Force station, Class A airfield, military installation, and transport
- Location: Formby, Sefton, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
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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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