# Yatesbury Airfield, Calne, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

**Yatesbury Airfield** is a small airport in Calne, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1917. It closed in 1958. It has one runway, 400 m (1,312 ft) long, grass. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0054

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Calne, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1917
- Closed: 1958
- Elevation: 160 m / 525 ft
- Coordinates: 51.4318, -1.9104
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 400 m / 1,312 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Yatesbury (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18392889
- Weather station: EGDL · WMO 03740
- Ident: GB-0054

## Timeline

- 1917: Yatesbury Airfield opens.
- 1958: Yatesbury Airfield closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 400 m / 1,312 ft |  | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 400 m / 1,312 ft | =28,608 of 29,858 | =2,929 in Europe | =285 in GB |
| Elevation | 160 m / 525 ft | =26,658 of 43,403 | =2,624 in Europe | =76 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 |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-1093](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1093.md) Devizes Airstrip · 9.3 km / 5.8 mi
- [GB-0447](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0447.md) Manton Airfield · 9.7 km / 6.0 mi
- [GB-0619](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0619.md) Stanton Farm Airstrip · 11 km / 6.6 mi
- [GB-0275](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0275.md) Lydeway Field · 11 km / 7.0 mi
- [GB-0045](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0045.md) Clench Common Airfield · 13 km / 8.1 mi
- [GB-0006](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0006.md) Draycot Farm Aerodrome · 13 km / 8.3 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-0054/data