Airports / United Kingdom / QCY
RAF Coningsby
EGXC / QCYLincoln, Lincolnshire, United KingdomELEV 25 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
12 nm
To the nearest alternate
RAF Cranwell (EGYD) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
RAF Coningsby, listed as EGXC / QCY, is a mid-sized airport in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. The field lies at an elevation of 25 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
QCY has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include RAF Cranwell (EGYD, 12 nm), RAF Waddington (WTN, 14 nm), and RAF Barkston Heath (EGYE, 16 nm).
Quotes for flights out of QCY vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Coningsby. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from QCY, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
EGXC
IATA
QCY
FAA / Local
EGXC
Elevation
25 ft
Coordinates
53.0930° N · 0.1660° 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 25 ft, QCY sits lower than 88% 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.
- 12nmEGYDRAF CranwellSleaford, Lincolnshire
- 14nmWTNRAF WaddingtonLincoln, Lincolnshire
- 16nmEGYERAF Barkston HeathGrantham, Lincolnshire
- 30nmHUYHumberside AirportGrimsby, Lincolnshire
- 31nmEGXTRAF WitteringPeterborough, Cambridgeshire
- 35nmNQTNottingham City AirportNottingham, Nottinghamshire
Location
Open the full mapEGXC · RAF Coningsby · Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom