# RAF Bitteswell, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

**RAF Bitteswell** was an airport in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1940. It closed in 1947. It was operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0122

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1940
- Closed: 1947
- Elevation: 116 m / 380 ft
- Coordinates: 52.4594, -1.2461
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Bitteswell (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275177
- Weather station: EGBE
- Ident: GB-0122

## Timeline

- 1940: RAF Bitteswell opens.
- 1947: RAF Bitteswell closes.

## Nearby airports

- [BHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbb.md) Birmingham Airport · 34 km / 21 mi
- [EMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnx.md) East Midlands Airport · 42 km / 26 mi
- [NQT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbn.md) Nottingham City Airport · 52 km / 33 mi
- [EGXT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egxt.md) RAF Wittering · 55 km / 34 mi
- [EGTC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egtc.md) Cranfield Airport · 61 km / 38 mi
- [OXF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egtk.md) London Oxford Airport · 69 km / 43 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-0122/data