# Upavon Aerodrome (UPV / EGDJ)

**Upavon Aerodrome** (IATA: UPV, ICAO: EGDJ) is a small airport in Pewsey, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened on 13 May 1912. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: UPV / EGDJ
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Owner: Ministry of Defence
- Serves: Pewsey, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 13 May 1912
- Elevation: 175 m / 574 ft
- Coordinates: 51.2866, -1.7822
- Runways: 1
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Upavon (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275646
- Weather station: EGDM · WMO 03746
- Ident: EGDJ

## Timeline

- 13 May 1912: Upavon Aerodrome opens.
- 13 May 1912: Royal Flying Corps becomes the operator.
- 1 Apr 1918: Royal Air Force becomes the operator.
- 30 Jul 1993: British Army becomes the operator.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 |  |  | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 175 m / 574 ft | =25,854 of 43,403 | =2,479 in Europe | =60 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1912 | =46 of 15,079 | =33 in Europe | =5 in GB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =120 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nationwide Glide | gliders | 129.975 |
| Ops | Salisbury Ops | 122.750 |

## Nearby airports

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- [GB-0079](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0079.md) Manor Farm Airstrip · 7.9 km / 4.9 mi
- [GB-0619](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0619.md) Stanton Farm Airstrip · 8.6 km / 5.3 mi
- [GB-0839](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0839.md) Bowden Farm Airstrip · 11 km / 6.6 mi
- [GB-1155](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1155.md) Herridge Gallops / Collingbourne Ducis Airfield · 11 km / 6.7 mi
- [GB-0275](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0275.md) Lydeway Field · 11 km / 7.0 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/egdj/data