# RAF Atcham, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, United Kingdom

**RAF Atcham** was an airport in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1941. It closed in 1946. It was operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0101

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1941
- Closed: 1946
- Elevation: 58 m / 190 ft
- Coordinates: 52.6893, -2.6355
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Atcham (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275141
- Weather station: EGOS · WMO 03414
- Ident: GB-0101

## Timeline

- 1941: RAF Atcham opens.
- 1946: RAF Atcham closes.

## Nearby airports

- [EGOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egos.md) RAF Shawbury · 12 km / 7.6 mi
- [EGWC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egwc.md) RAF Cosford · 23 km / 14 mi
- [CEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnr.md) Hawarden Airport · 59 km / 37 mi
- [BHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbb.md) Birmingham Airport · 65 km / 41 mi
- [LPL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggp.md) Liverpool John Lennon Airport · 73 km / 45 mi
- [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · 77 km / 48 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-0101/data