# Bolt Head Airfield, Kingsbridge, Devon, United Kingdom

**Bolt Head Airfield** is a small airport in Kingsbridge, Devon, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1941. It closed in 1945. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0127

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Kingsbridge, Devon, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1941
- Closed: 1945
- Elevation: 131 m / 430 ft
- Coordinates: 50.2238, -3.8016
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Bolt_Head (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275185
- Weather station: EGDB · WMO 03827
- Ident: GB-0127

## Timeline

- 1941: Bolt Head Airfield opens.
- 1945: Bolt Head Airfield closes.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 131 m / 430 ft | =28,420 of 43,403 | =3,030 in Europe | =117 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1941 | =1,548 of 15,079 | =581 in Europe | =93 in GB |

## Nearby airports

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- [GB-0970](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0970.md) Hunsdon Lea Airstrip · 20 km / 12 mi
- [GB-0997](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0997.md) Marldon Airstrip · 30 km / 18 mi
- [GB-1172](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1172.md) Well Farm Airstrip · 32 km / 20 mi
- [GB-0488](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0488.md) St Mellion Airstrip · 46 km / 28 mi
- [GB-0015](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0015.md) Brent Tor Glider Field · 48 km / 30 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-0127/data