# Upwood Glider Field, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

**Upwood Glider Field** is a small airport in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1917. It closed in 2012. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0294

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1917
- Closed: 2012
- Elevation: 22 m / 72 ft
- Coordinates: 52.4373, -0.1428
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Upwood (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275648
- Weather station: EGWZ
- Ident: GB-0294

## Timeline

- 1917: Upwood Glider Field opens.
- 2012: Upwood Glider Field closes.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 22 m / 72 ft | =38,075 of 43,403 | =5,088 in Europe | =488 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1917 | =136 of 15,079 | =114 in Europe | =19 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-0536](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0536.md) Woodwalton Private Airstrip · 7.4 km / 4.6 mi
- [EGSF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egsf.md) Peterborough Business Airport · 8.1 km / 5.0 mi
- [QUY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1222.md) RAF Wyton · 9.2 km / 5.7 mi
- [GB-1081](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1081.md) Pathfinder Flying Club Airstrip · 9.3 km / 5.8 mi
- [GB-0455](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0455.md) Brooklands Farm Airstrip · 11 km / 6.9 mi
- [GB-0680](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0680.md) Manor Farm Airstrip · 12 km / 7.5 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-0294/data