# RAF Little Rissington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

**RAF Little Rissington** is a small airport in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1938. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Owner: Ministry of Defence
- Serves: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1938
- Elevation: 223 m / 730 ft
- Coordinates: 51.8665, -1.6950
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Little_Rissington (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275442
- Weather station: EGVN · WMO 03649
- Ident: EGVL

## Timeline

- 1938: RAF Little Rissington opens.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 223 m / 730 ft | =22,759 of 43,403 | =2,004 in Europe | #26 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1938 | =870 of 15,079 | =451 in Europe | =63 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-0266](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0266.md) Upper Harford Airstrip · 8.8 km / 5.5 mi
- [GB-1362](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1362.md) Kingstanding Airfield · 11 km / 6.6 mi
- [GB-0337](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0337.md) Calcot Airfield · 13 km / 7.8 mi
- [GB-0744](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0744.md) Cornbury House Airstrip · 14 km / 8.5 mi
- [BZZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egvn.md) RAF Brize Norton · 15 km / 9.3 mi
- [GB-0846](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0846.md) Hawling Manor Farm Airstrip · 16 km / 9.7 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/egvl/data