RAF Coningsby

Royal Air Force Coningsby or RAF Coningsby, is a Royal Air Force station located 8.5 miles south-west of Horncastle, and 10 miles north-west of , in the East Lindsey district of , England.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: Royal Air Force main operating base in Lincolnshire, England
  • Also known as: “Coningsby空軍基地”, “EGXC”, “QCY”, “Royal Air Force Coningsby”, “Royal Air Force Station Coningsby”, “カニングスビー空軍基地”, and “英空軍 Coningsby 基地”
  • Address: Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincoln, LN4 4SY

Places of Interest

Highlights: Tattershall Castle and Tattershall College.

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is a castle in , , England.

Ruins
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was a grammar school in , .

Museum
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, officially known as the …

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tattershall and New York.

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is in .

Village
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is a hamlet in the East Lindsey district…

Hamlet
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is a village and former civil parish now…

RAF Coningsby

Latitude
53.09208° or 53° 5′ 32″ north
Longitude
-0.16629° or 0° 9′ 59″ west
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Established
1940
Operator
Royal Air Force
IATA airport code
QCY
ICAO airport code
EGXC
Open location code
9C5X3RRM+RF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 150829996
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
6296664
Wiki­data ID
Q1164127
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“RAF Coningsby” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Coningsby Royal Air Force Base”
  • Chinese: “科寧斯比皇家空軍基地”
  • Dutch: “RAF Coningsby”
  • French: “RAF Coningsby”
  • German: “RAF Coningsby”
  • Hebrew: “בסיס חיל האוויר המלכותי קונינגסבי”
  • Italian: “RAF Coningsby”
  • Japanese: “コニングスビー空軍基地”
  • Malay: “Pangkalan Udara Coningsby”
  • Malay: “Pengkalan Udara Coningsby”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “RAF Coningsby”
  • Norwegian: “RAF Coningsby”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی کانینگسبی”
  • Spanish: “Coningsby Airfield”
  • Swedish: “Coningsby Royal Air Force Base”
  • Swedish: “RAF Coningsby”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво салтанате конингсби”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Coningsby Field and Scrub Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) South and Multi-Use Games Area.

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Worth a closer look: Lincoln and Grimsby.

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