Satellite and aerial maps of North Coates with nearby locations
| Nearby locations | Km | Bearing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| off North Coates , Offshore UK | 3.0 | 044 | |
| Fitties Beach , England | 4.6 | 315 | |
| RAF Donna Nook , England | 6.2 | 114 | EGXS |
| | 6.5 | 313 | |
| | 11.9 | 294 | |
| | 13.0 | 316 |
North Coates |
1916 to present | ||
| 53° 29' 53'' N 0° 4' 0'' E | ||
| 4.5nm SE of Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England | ||
| ICAO: | IATA: | Local: EGG59 |
| Elevation: 17 feet | ||
North Coates has seen several phases of use:
- an Army camp from before 1910
- from 1916 as a forward patrol base for Royal Flying Corps aircraft to intercept Zeppelins during the latter part of WWI, until spring 1919
- reactivated in 1926 as an armaments training camp, servicing the nearby Donna Nook Range
- during WWII it was a Coastal Command base
- from 1948 it was used for parts recovery and scrapping of wrecked aircraft
- Search and Rescue base for 275 Sq B Flt, from Feb 1955
- from Jul 1956 it was transformed into a Bloodhound SAM base, until the RAF Station closed in Dec 1990
- now used for general aviation on a part of the old RAF base.
List of units at North Coates |
| Years | Unit | |
|---|---|---|
| 1954/57 | 275 Squadron | Type 171 Sycamore, Type 171 Sycamore, |
List of aircraft and events at North Coates |
By Date | By Serial | By Model
| Dates | Org/Type | Unit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955-feb | Detachment | 275 Squadron | Sycamore 4 | XE317 | |||
| 1956-jan | Detachment | 275 Squadron | Sycamore 4 | XG514 | |||
| 1957-may-20 | Accident | 275 Squadron | Sycamore 4 | XJ363 | |||
| 2019-feb-15 | AH9 | ZG914 | |||||
| 2022-jan-09 | AH.1 | G-CDNO | |||||
| 2023-apr-02 | M-16 Tandem Trainer | G-FLIS | |||||
| 2023-apr-02 | M-16 Tandem Trainer | G-CMCT | |||||
| 2023-apr-02 | MT-03 | G-CFAR | |||||
| 2023-apr-02 | MTOsport | G-CITX | |||||
| 2023-apr-02 | MTOSport 2017 | G-CKLE | |||||
| 2023-apr-02 | SA342M | HA-HSG | |||||
