# Rattlesden Airfield, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom

**Rattlesden Airfield** is a small airport in Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1942. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0492

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1942
- Coordinates: 52.1682, 0.8664
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: https://www.rattlesdengliding.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Rattlesden (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3415045
- Weather station: EGUW · WMO 03590
- Ident: GB-0492

## Timeline

- 1942: Rattlesden Airfield opens.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =619 in Europe | =122 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | Rattlesden Base | 130.290 |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-0973](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0973.md) Brown Farm Airstrip · 3.8 km / 2.3 mi
- [GB-0796](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0796.md) Lavenham Airstrip · 7.4 km / 4.6 mi
- [EGUW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eguw.md) Wattisham Airfield · 7.6 km / 4.7 mi
- [GB-0809](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0809.md) Little Haugh Hall Private Airfield · 10 km / 6.4 mi
- [GB-0301](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0301.md) Great Ashfield Airstrip · 11 km / 6.7 mi
- [GB-0292](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0292.md) Milden Airstrip · 11 km / 6.8 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-0492/data