# Wormingford Glider Field, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom

**Wormingford Glider Field** is a small airport in Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1917. It closed in 1947. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0530

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1917
- Closed: 1947
- Coordinates: 51.9414, 0.7895
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: http://esgc.co.uk
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Wormingford (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275695
- Weather station: EGUW · WMO 03590
- Ident: GB-0530

## Timeline

- 1917: Wormingford Glider Field opens.
- 1947: Wormingford Glider Field closes.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Age | Opened 1917 | =136 of 15,079 | =114 in Europe | =19 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-1001](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1001.md) Clees Hall Airstrip · 5.1 km / 3.2 mi
- [GB-0948](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0948.md) West Bergholt Airstrip · 5.5 km / 3.4 mi
- [GB-0300](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0300.md) Nayland Airstrip · 5.5 km / 3.4 mi
- [EGSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egsr.md) Earls Colne Airfield · 7.9 km / 4.9 mi
- [GB-0691](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0691.md) Crosbie Field UL · 8.4 km / 5.2 mi
- [GB-1128](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1128.md) Park Farm Airstrip · 9.4 km / 5.8 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-0530/data