Airports / United Kingdom / EGOS
RAF Shawbury
EGOSShrewsbury, Shropshire, United KingdomELEV 249 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
16 nm
To the nearest alternate
RAF Cosford (EGWC) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
RAF Shawbury (EGOS) is a mid-sized airport serving Shrewsbury, Shropshire, United Kingdom. The airport sits 249 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into EGOS for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are RAF Cosford (EGWC, 16 nm), Hawarden Airport (CEG, 25 nm), and Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL, 33 nm).
Charter pricing from EGOS depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Shrewsbury. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Field capability
ICAO
EGOS
IATA
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FAA / Local
EGOS
Elevation
249 ft
Coordinates
52.7982° N · 2.6680° 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 249 ft, EGOS sits higher than 69% 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.
- 16nmEGWCRAF CosfordCosford, Shropshire
- 25nmCEGHawarden AirportBroughton
- 33nmLPLLiverpool John Lennon AirportLiverpool
- 36nmMANManchester AirportManchester, Greater Manchester
- 39nmBHXBirmingham AirportBirmingham, West Midlands
- 49nmEMAEast Midlands AirportNottingham, Leicestershire
Location
Open the full mapEGOS · RAF Shawbury · Shrewsbury, Shropshire, United Kingdom