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DCAE Cosford Air Base airport (United Kingdom)
DCAE Cosford Air Base airport is located near Cosford, with Albrighton at 2mi↑, Tong at 2mi↑, Ryton at 2mi↑, Shifnal at 4mi↑, Pattingham at 4mi↑, Wheaton Aston at 6mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in United Kingdom and Southernmost airports in United Kingdom
→ See also airports in United Kingdom
aerial view of DCAE Cosford Air Base airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : EGWC
- IATA code : -
- Local code : -
Elevation : 83 m = 272ft
→ See also Highest airports in UK and Lowest airports in United Kingdom
Runways
- runway 06/24 : 1186m = 3891ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in United Kingdom
Coming to DCAE Cosford Air Base airport
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By train : book on Trip.com
- Cosford train station at 0mi
- Albrighton train station at 2mi
- Shifnal train station at 3mi
By plane :
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- East Midlands airport at 43mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for DCAE Cosford Air Base airport EGWC
METAR for DCAE Cosford Air Base airport EGWC
EGWC 190220Z AUTO 32003KT //// ///////// ///// Q////
Decoded METAR for DCAE Cosford Air Base airport EGWC
METAR issued by EGWC on Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:20 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 9 hours and 2 minutes ago.
visibility is = .
Wind 6km/h = 3kt, direction is 320°.
Sky clear.
Q,
TAF for DCAE Cosford Air Base airport EGWC
EGWC 181334Z 1815/1818 25008KT 9999 SCT035 PROB30 TEMPO 1815/1816 6000 SHRA SCT022TCU
Decoded TAF for DCAE Cosford Air Base airport EGWC
TAF issued by EGWC on Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:34 UTC, issued 21 hours and 48 minutes. weather forecast for 3 hours, weather forecast updated every 3 hours.
from Friday, July 18, 2025 à 15:00 heure TU to Friday, July 18, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
1815/1818 25008KT 9999 SCT035
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 250°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 3500ft = 1070m
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Friday, July 18, 2025 à 15:00 heure TU to Friday, July 18, 2025 à 16:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 1815/1816 6000 SHRA SCT022TCU
Visibility is 6km = 4mi.
shower rain
scattered clouds at 2200ft = 670m
NOTAM for DCAE Cosford Air Base airport
Around DCAE Cosford Air Base airport (United Kingdom)
near
- Hotels in Albrighton
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 330mi↑
- Paris at 331mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 332mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 511mi↑
- Station de montagne Gerardmer at 513mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 517mi↑
- Station de montagne La Bresse Hohneck at 517mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 518mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Trois Fours at 518mi↑
- Station de montagne Ventron at 519mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Pistes de Ventron at 519mi↑
- Station de montagne Rouge Gazon at 521mi↑
- for DCAE Cosford Air Base airport at 0mi↑
- for Shifnal airport at 4mi↑
- for Mitton Airstrip airport at 8mi↑
nearest airports to DCAE Cosford Air Base airport (United Kingdom)
- Shifnal airport ( GB-0372) at 4mi↑
- Mitton Airstrip airport ( GB-0454) at 8mi↑
- Halfpenny Green airport (EGBO ) at 9mi↑NOTAM
- Otherton airport ( GB-0314) at 10mi↑
- Valley Farm Airstrip airport ( GB-0771) at 11mi↑
- RAF Bratton airport ( GB-0135) at 12mi↑defunct airport
- Seighford Glider Field airport ( GB-0382) at 14mi↑
- Peplow Airstrip airport ( GB-0263) at 14mi↑
- Lower Grounds Farm Airstrip airport ( GB-0276) at 14mi↑
- Ditton Priors Airstrip airport ( GB-0192) at 14mi↑
→ See also Former airports in United Kingdom
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap