Leeds East Airport

Leeds East Airport Church Fenton, formerly , is an and former Royal Air Force station located 4.3 miles south-east of , , and 6.3 miles north-west of , , near the village of .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport and former Royal Air Force station located 4.3 miles (6.9 km) south east of Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England
  • Also known as: “EGXG”, “Leeds East Airport Church Fenton”, and “RAF Church Fenton”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church Fenton railway station and Ulleskelf railway station.

Railway station
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serves the village of , in , England. It is situated where the Cross Country Route meets the Dearne Valley line, just under 10.75 miles from .

Railway station
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in , , England, is 8.75 miles south of .

Historic house
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was a priory near , , . It was founded as a nunnery c. 1150, by Eustace de Merch and his wife. It was dissolved by 1539, when the nuns were receiving pensions.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Church Fenton and Ulleskelf.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the North Yorkshire district of , England. It is about 16 miles east of Leeds, about 6 miles south-east from and 3 miles north from .

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the county of , England, four miles from on the . Its name comes from the Scandinavian personal name Úlfr, while skelf may be an Old English word meaning "a flat area", although it could be from the Old Scandinavian equivalent, 'skialf' as in several other English place names, e.g. , .

Village
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is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England that is notable as the location of the sword. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, belonged to the Liberty of , Wistow and Otley.

Leeds East Airport

Latitude
53.8367° or 53° 50′ 12″ north
Longitude
-1.1933° or 1° 11′ 36″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
9C5WRRP4+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 88511787
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Wiki­data ID
Q7275242
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“Leeds East Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Church Fenton (tugpahanan)”
  • German: “Leeds East Airport”
  • Indonesian: “EGXG”
  • Japanese: “リーズイースト空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Leeds East”
  • Malay: “Pengkalan Udara Church Fenton”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی چرچ فنتون”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Leeds East”
  • Swedish: “Church Fenton (flygplats)”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво салтанате чрч фан”

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