Sywell Aerodrome
Sywell Aerodrome is the local aerodrome serving the towns of Northampton, Wellingborough, Kettering and Rushden, as well as wider Northamptonshire. The aerodrome is located 5 nautical miles northeast of Northampton and was originally opened in 1928 on the edge of Sywell village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “EGBK”, “Northampton”, “Northampton/Sywell Aerodrome”, and “ORM”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sywell Aviation Museum and Church of St Peter and Paul, Sywell.
Sywell Aviation Museum
Museum
Sywell Aviation Museum is based at Sywell Aerodrome in Northamptonshire, England. It is sited in the aircraft viewing car park at the aerodrome. It documents the history of flying in Northamptonshire from the early days to the present day with particular emphasis on the Second World War.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sywell and Mears Ashby.
Sywell
Village
Photo: Brookie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sywell is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the parish was 792. The name Sywell is thought to mean "seven wells".
Mears Ashby
Village
Mears Ashby is a village in the county of Northamptonshire, England. It lies between the county town of Northampton and Wellingborough and was in the West ward of borough council of Wellingborough area which also included Sywell prior to local government reform in 2021.
Hardwick
Village
Hardwick is a small village in North Northamptonshire, England, close to the town of Wellingborough. The population is included in the civil parish of Great Harrowden. The village's name means "herd farm".
Sywell Aerodrome
- Categories: air base and transportation
- Location: Sywell, Wellingborough District, North Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.30574° or 52° 18′ 21″ northLongitude
-0.79097° or 0° 47′ 28″ westElevation
404 feet (123 metres)IATA airport code
ORMICAO airport code
EGBKOpen location code
9C4X8645+7JOpenStreetMap ID
way 238259428OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tajik—“Sywell Aerodrome” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sywell Aerodrome”
- French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
- French: “RAF Sywell”
- Indonesian: “EGBK”
- Indonesian: “ORM”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Sywell”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Sywell”
- Persian: “فرودگاه سایول”
- Piemontese: “Sywell Aerodrome”
- Swedish: “Sywell Aerodrome”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи союл”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sywell Bottom and Sywell Village Hall.
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