# RAF Bottesford, Nottingham, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

**RAF Bottesford** was an airport in Nottingham, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1941. It closed in 1945. It was operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0074

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Nottingham, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1941
- Closed: 1945
- Elevation: 32 m / 104 ft
- Coordinates: 52.9639, -0.7799
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Bottesford (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275189
- Weather station: EGXN
- Ident: GB-0074

## Timeline

- 1941: RAF Bottesford opens.
- 1945: RAF Bottesford closes.

## Nearby airports

- [EGYE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egye.md) RAF Barkston Heath · 15 km / 9.2 mi
- [EGYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egyd.md) RAF Cranwell · 20 km / 13 mi
- [NQT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbn.md) Nottingham City Airport · 21 km / 13 mi
- [WTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egxw.md) RAF Waddington · 28 km / 18 mi
- [EMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnx.md) East Midlands Airport · 40 km / 25 mi
- [QCY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egxc.md) RAF Coningsby · 43 km / 27 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-0074/data