Athboy Aerodrome | |
Nativename: | Ballyboy Airfield |
Icao: | EIMH |
Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Ireland |
Pushpin Label: | EIMH |
Operator: | Ballyboy House |
City-Served: | Athboy, County Meath, Ireland |
Elevation-F: | 230 |
Elevation-M: | 70 |
Coordinates: | 53.6378°N -6.8786°W |
Website: | https://www.ballyboyairfield.com |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 11/29 |
R1-Length-M: | 600 |
R1-Surface: | Grass |
Footnotes: | Source: Ireland AIS[1] |
Athboy Aerodrome is a small airfield located 2NM northeast of Athboy (Irish: Baile Átha Buí), a town in County Meath (Contae na Mí), Ireland. This aerodrome is licensed by the Aeronautical Services Department of the Irish Aviation Authority. It is also known as Ballyboy Airfield.[2]
Ballyboy Airfield is situated 2 nm northeast of Athboy County Meath, Ireland, only 40 minutes from Dublin by motorway.
The first plane to land in Ballyboy was in 1994, on a grass runway cut between two fields on the Ballyboy Farm of near east/west orientation.
Ballyboy is located outside controlled airspace and has a 600 metre grass runway, hangarage and Avgas and Jet A-1 fuel systems, with mogas by arrangement from Athboy town (2 km).[3]
Athboy Aerodrome lies at an elevation of 230feet above mean sea level, and has one runway, designated 11/29, with a grass surface measuring 600by. Fuels available on site are JET A1 and 100LL, while mogas (petrol) is available 2 miles away in the town of Athboy.
Ballyboy has aircraft parking with hangarage. Limited maintenance facilities are also available.[3]
GPS coordinates: N53°38'27 W006°52'72.