# Saltby Glider Field, Grantham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

**Saltby Glider Field** is a small airport in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1941. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0557

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1941
- Elevation: 146 m / 480 ft
- Coordinates: 52.8297, -0.7125
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: http://www.buckminstergc.co.uk
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Saltby (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275549
- Weather station: EGXJ
- Ident: GB-0557

## Timeline

- 1941: Saltby Glider Field opens.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 146 m / 480 ft | =27,482 of 43,403 | =2,825 in Europe | #92 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1941 | =1,548 of 15,079 | =581 in Europe | =93 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-0964](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0964.md) Ponton-Heath-Farm Airstrip · 4.9 km / 3.1 mi
- [GB-0188](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0188.md) Black Spring Farm Airstrip · 14 km / 8.4 mi
- [GB-0030](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0030.md) Langar Airfield · 15 km / 9.1 mi
- [GB-0696](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0696.md) Manor House Farm Airstrip · 16 km / 9.9 mi
- [GB-0639](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0639.md) Ranksborough Farm Airstrip · 16 km / 10 mi
- [EGYE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egye.md) RAF Barkston Heath · 18 km / 11 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-0557/data