# Milfield Glider Field, United Kingdom

**Milfield Glider Field** is a small airport in England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1942. It closed in 1946. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/eg3l

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1942
- Closed: 1946
- Coordinates: 55.5916, -2.0872
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Milfield (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15270926
- Weather station: EGQM · WMO 03240
- Ident: EG3L

## Timeline

- 1942: Milfield Glider Field opens.
- 1946: Milfield Glider Field closes.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =619 in Europe | =122 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-1041](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1041.md) Lempitlaw Farm Airstrip · 15 km / 9.4 mi
- [GB-1031](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1031.md) Eccles Newton Farm Airstrip · 18 km / 11 mi
- [GB-0287](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0287.md) Charterhall Airfield · 22 km / 14 mi
- [GB-0436](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0436.md) Charlton Mires Airstrip · 26 km / 16 mi
- [GB-0413](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0413.md) Nether Huntlywood Airstrip · 34 km / 21 mi
- [GB-0685](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0685.md) Athey's Moor Airfield · 36 km / 22 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/eg3l/data