# RAF Birch, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom

**RAF Birch** was an airport in Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1942. It closed in 1945. It was operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0118

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1942
- Closed: 1945
- Coordinates: 51.8425, 0.7806
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Birch (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275173
- Weather station: EGMC
- Ident: GB-0118

## Timeline

- 1942: RAF Birch opens.
- 1945: RAF Birch closes.

## Nearby airports

- [SEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egmc.md) London Southend Airport · 31 km / 19 mi
- [EGUW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eguw.md) Wattisham Airfield · 34 km / 21 mi
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · 38 km / 23 mi
- [BEQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egxh.md) RAF Honington · 56 km / 35 mi
- [CBG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egsc.md) Cambridge City Airport · 58 km / 36 mi
- [MHZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egun.md) RAF Mildenhall · 61 km / 38 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-0118/data