# Newmarket Heath Airfield (EGSW)

**Newmarket Heath Airfield** (ICAO: EGSW) is a small airport in Newmarket, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1939. It closed in 1945. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / EGSW
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Newmarket, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1939
- Closed: 1945
- Elevation: 31 m / 100 ft
- Coordinates: 52.2351, 0.3506
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Newmarket (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275497
- Weather station: EGSC
- Ident: EGSW

## Timeline

- 1939: Newmarket Heath Airfield opens.
- 1945: Newmarket Heath Airfield closes.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 31 m / 100 ft | =36,830 of 43,403 | =4,907 in Europe | =452 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1939 | =1,029 of 15,079 | =495 in Europe | =73 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-1153](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1153.md) Newmarket Heath / Rowley Mile Airstrip · 1.5 km / 0.9 mi
- [GB-0363](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0363.md) Exning Airstrip · 6.3 km / 3.9 mi
- [GB-0521](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0521.md) Woodditton Airstrip · 7.5 km / 4.6 mi
- [GB-0271](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0271.md) Kingfisher's Bridge Airstrip · 12 km / 7.5 mi
- [CBG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egsc.md) Cambridge City Airport · 12 km / 7.7 mi
- [GB-0890](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0890.md) Wickhambrook Airstrip · 14 km / 8.9 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/egsw/data