# Aston Down Airfield, Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

**Aston Down Airfield** is a small airport in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1938. It closed in 1976. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0011

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1938
- Closed: 1976
- Elevation: 182 m / 598 ft
- Coordinates: 51.7081, -2.1306
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Down (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4810966
- Weather station: EGBJ
- Ident: GB-0011

## Timeline

- 1938: Aston Down Airfield opens.
- 1976: Aston Down Airfield closes.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 182 m / 598 ft | =25,401 of 43,403 | =2,400 in Europe | =52 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1938 | =870 of 15,079 | =451 in Europe | =63 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-0840](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0840.md) Orange Grove Barn Airstrip · 6.4 km / 4.0 mi
- [GBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbp.md) Cotswold Airport · 6.7 km / 4.2 mi
- [GB-0022](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0022.md) Bristol and Gloucestershire Gliding Club · 11 km / 6.6 mi
- [GB-0333](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0333.md) Bowldown Farm Airstrip · 11 km / 7.1 mi
- [EGTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egtw.md) Oaksey Park Airfield · 12 km / 7.2 mi
- [GB-0259](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0259.md) Charlton Park Airstrip · 13 km / 7.8 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/gb-0011/data