# Stratford-upon-Avon Gliding Club, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

**Stratford-upon-Avon Gliding Club** is a small airport in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1943. It closed in 1946. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0421

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1943
- Closed: 1946
- Elevation: 116 m / 381 ft
- Coordinates: 52.2355, -1.7178
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: http://www.stratfordgliding.co.uk/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Snitterfield (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275572
- Weather station: EGBE
- Ident: GB-0421

## Timeline

- 1943: Stratford-upon-Avon Gliding Club opens.
- 1946: Stratford-upon-Avon Gliding Club closes.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 116 m / 381 ft | =29,451 of 43,403 | =3,277 in Europe | #149 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =662 in Europe | =150 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-0944](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0944.md) Arden Heath Farm Airstrip · 6.2 km / 3.9 mi
- [GB-0889](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0889.md) Grove Field Airstrip · 6.8 km / 4.2 mi
- [GB-1361](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1361.md) Ragley Hall Airstrip · 8.6 km / 5.4 mi
- [EGBW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbw.md) Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield · 8.7 km / 5.4 mi
- [GB-0013](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0013.md) Bidford Airfield · 14 km / 8.8 mi
- [GB-0921](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0921.md) Home Farm Airstrip · 14 km / 8.8 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-0421/data