Airports / United Kingdom / NQT
Nottingham City Airport
EGBN / NQTNottingham, Nottinghamshire, United KingdomELEV 138 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
10 nm
To the nearest alternate
East Midlands Airport (EMA) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, Nottingham City Airport (EGBN / NQT) operates as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 138 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
NQT has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include East Midlands Airport (EMA, 10 nm), RAF Barkston Heath (EGYE, 19 nm), and RAF Cranwell (EGYD, 22 nm).
Quotes for flights out of NQT vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from NQT, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
EGBN
IATA
NQT
FAA / Local
EGBN
Elevation
138 ft
Coordinates
52.9200° N · 1.0792° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs United Kingdom fields
state range 5–1,066 ft
At 138 ft, NQT sits higher than 53% of the 88 United Kingdom fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 10nmEMAEast Midlands AirportNottingham, Leicestershire
- 19nmEGYERAF Barkston HeathGrantham, Lincolnshire
- 22nmEGYDRAF CranwellSleaford, Lincolnshire
- 25nmWTNRAF WaddingtonLincoln, Lincolnshire
- 29nmEGXTRAF WitteringPeterborough, Cambridgeshire
- 35nmQCYRAF ConingsbyLincoln, Lincolnshire
Location
Open the full mapEGBN · Nottingham City Airport · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom