# RAF Abingdon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

**RAF Abingdon** is a small airport in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1932. It closed in 1992. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,802 m (5,911 ft). It is operated by Royal Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1932
- Closed: 1992
- Elevation: 79 m / 259 ft
- Coordinates: 51.6906, -1.3166
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,802 m / 5,911 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Abingdon (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275122
- Weather station: EGTK
- Ident: EGUD

## Timeline

- 1932: RAF Abingdon opens.
- 5 Mar 1957: Sutton Wick air crash.
- 6 Jul 1965: 1965 Little Baldon Hastings accident. 41 killed.
- 1992: RAF Abingdon closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 1,802 m / 5,911 ft |  | Asphalt |  |  |
| 08/26 | 1,067 m / 3,500 ft |  | Asphalt |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,802 m / 5,911 ft | #4,805 of 29,858 | #839 in Europe | #72 in GB |
| Elevation | 79 m / 259 ft | =32,371 of 43,403 | =3,991 in Europe | #269 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1932 | =486 of 15,079 | =279 in Europe | #37 in GB |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =41 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tower | Tower | 121.100 |

## Nearby airports

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- [GB-0059](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0059.md) Steventon Private Airstrip · 8.0 km / 5.0 mi
- [GB-1003](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1003.md) Hamilton House Airstrip · 9.5 km / 5.9 mi
- [GB-0417](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0417.md) Slay Barn Private Airstrip · 13 km / 7.9 mi
- [GB-0428](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0428.md) Drayton St Leonard Airfield · 13 km / 8.3 mi
- [GB-0982](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0982.md) Ginge Farm Airstrip · 14 km / 8.5 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/egud/data