# Raydon Wings Glider Field, Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

**Raydon Wings Glider Field** is a small airport in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1942. It closed in 1958. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0553

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Ipswich, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1942
- Closed: 1958
- Elevation: 52 m / 170 ft
- Coordinates: 52.0187, 1.0073
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Raydon (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275537
- Weather station: EGUW · WMO 03590
- Ident: GB-0553

## Timeline

- 1942: Raydon Wings Glider Field opens.
- 1958: Raydon Wings Glider Field closes.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 52 m / 170 ft | =34,720 of 43,403 | =4,494 in Europe | #374 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =619 in Europe | =122 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-1079](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1079.md) Rands Farm Airstrip · 5.5 km / 3.4 mi
- [EGST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egst.md) Elmsett Airfield · 6.6 km / 4.1 mi
- [GB-0292](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0292.md) Milden Airstrip · 12 km / 7.3 mi
- [GB-0300](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0300.md) Nayland Airstrip · 12 km / 7.4 mi
- [EGUW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eguw.md) Wattisham Airfield · 13 km / 7.8 mi
- [GB-0805](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0805.md) Newton Hall Farm Airstrip · 14 km / 8.7 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-0553/data