# Willingale Airstrip, Ongar, Essex, United Kingdom

**Willingale Airstrip** is a small airport in Ongar, Essex, 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-0453

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Ongar, Essex, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1943
- Closed: 1946
- Elevation: 76 m / 250 ft
- Coordinates: 51.7292, 0.2866
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Chipping_Ongar (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275238
- Weather station: EGSS · WMO 03683
- Ident: GB-0453

## Timeline

- 1943: Willingale Airstrip opens.
- 1946: Willingale Airstrip closes.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 76 m / 250 ft | =32,572 of 43,403 | =4,048 in Europe | =276 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =662 in Europe | =150 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [EGSX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egsx.md) North Weald Airfield · 9.2 km / 5.7 mi
- [GB-0071](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0071.md) High Easter Airfield · 9.4 km / 5.8 mi
- [GB-0424](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0424.md) Jenkins Farm Airstrip · 11 km / 7.1 mi
- [GB-0954](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0954.md) South Weald Private Airstrip · 12 km / 7.4 mi
- [GB-0316](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0316.md) Napps Field Airstrip · 12 km / 7.6 mi
- [EGSG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egsg.md) Stapleford Aerodrome · 12 km / 7.7 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-0453/data