# Old Sarum Airfield, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

**Old Sarum Airfield** is a small airport in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1917. It closed in 1971. It has one runway, 781 m (2,562 ft) long, grass.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1917
- Closed: 1971
- Elevation: 87 m / 285 ft
- Coordinates: 51.0989, -1.7842
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 781 m / 2,562 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: https://www.oldsarumairfield.co.uk/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Sarum_Airfield (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3915612
- Weather station: EGDM · WMO 03746
- Ident: EGLS

## Timeline

- 1917: Old Sarum Airfield opens.
- 1971: Old Sarum Airfield closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 781 m / 2,562 ft | 50 m / 164 ft | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 781 m / 2,562 ft | =20,209 of 29,858 | #2,081 in Europe | #183 in GB |
| Elevation | 87 m / 285 ft | =31,709 of 43,403 | =3,847 in Europe | =232 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1917 | =136 of 15,079 | =114 in Europe | =19 in GB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =120 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | Old Sarum A/G | 123.205 |

## Nearby airports

- [EGDM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egdm.md) MoD Boscombe Down · 6.5 km / 4.0 mi
- [GB-1015](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1015.md) Spire-View Airstrip · 10 km / 6.3 mi
- [GB-0842](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0842.md) Manor Farm Airstrip · 13 km / 8.0 mi
- [GB-1146](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1146.md) Compton Chamberlayne Airstrip · 13 km / 8.3 mi
- [GB-0933](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0933.md) Chalk Pyt Farm Airstrip · 14 km / 8.7 mi
- [GB-0871](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0871.md) Deptford Airstrip · 14 km / 8.8 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/egls/data