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Brighton City Airport

airport located to the west of Shoreham-by-Sea, in West Sussex, England, UK
Place airport Q735756
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Brighton City Airport

Summary

Brighton City Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (124 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Brighton City Airport is located in Lancing[3].
  • Brighton City Airport is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Brighton City Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[5].
  • Brighton City Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as ESH[6].
  • Brighton City Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as EGKA[7].
  • Brighton City Airport's Commons category is recorded as Shoreham Airport[8].
  • Brighton City Airport's located in time zone is recorded as Europe/London[9].
  • Brighton City Airport's runway is recorded as 02/20[10].
  • Brighton City Airport's runway is recorded as 02/20[11].
  • Brighton City Airport's runway is recorded as 06/24[12].
  • Brighton City Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.835555555556, 'lon': -0.29722222222222}[13].
  • Brighton City Airport's official website is recorded as http://flybrighton.com/[14].
  • Brighton City Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as West Sussex[15].
  • Brighton City Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Brighton and Hove[16].
  • Brighton City Airport's replaces is recorded as RAF Shoreham (WWII)[17].
  • Brighton City Airport's date of official opening is recorded as 1910[18].
  • Brighton City Airport sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+7'}[19].
  • Brighton City Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'lat': 50.8356, 'lon': -0.29722}[20].
  • Brighton City Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+37384'}[21].
  • Brighton City Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+46056'}[22].
  • Brighton City Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+7899'}[23].
  • Brighton City Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+5479'}[24].
  • Brighton City Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+3484'}[25].
  • Brighton City Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+1699'}[26].
  • Brighton City Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+277'}[27].

Body

Geography

Brighton City Airport is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Lancing[3].

Physical Characteristics

Brighton City Airport sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+7'}[19].

Designation and Status

Brighton City Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[5].

Why It Matters

Brighton City Airport ranks in the top 2% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (124 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Brighton and Hove United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . store.aci.aero. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . ead.eurocontrol.int. ead.eurocontrol.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ead.eurocontrol.int. ead.eurocontrol.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ead.eurocontrol.int. ead.eurocontrol.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . store.aci.aero. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . caa.co.uk. caa.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . caa.co.uk. caa.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . caa.co.uk. caa.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . caa.co.uk. caa.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . caa.co.uk. caa.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . caa.co.uk. caa.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . caa.co.uk. caa.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 27d ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14452 → 920GESH1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33791|batch #33791]]: NaPTAN stop area codes (920)"
  2. 5w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Patronage → {'amount': '+37384'}, {'amount': '+46056'}, {'amount': '+7899'} +46
    Aerodrome reference point → {'lat': 50.8356, 'lon': -0.29722}
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 50.835555555556, 'lon': -0.29722222222222}
    Located in time zone → Europe/London
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P7772]]: brighton-city-airport, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/84943387|Brighton City Airport (#84943387)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/314"
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