# RAF North Pickenham, Swaffham, Norfolk, United Kingdom

**RAF North Pickenham** was an airport in Swaffham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1944. It closed in 1965. It was operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0659

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Swaffham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1944
- Closed: 1965
- Coordinates: 52.6274, 0.7327
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_North_Pickenham (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275505
- Weather station: EGYM · WMO 03482
- Ident: GB-0659

## Timeline

- 1944: RAF North Pickenham opens.
- 1965: RAF North Pickenham closes.

## Nearby airports

- [KNF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egym.md) RAF Marham · 13 km / 7.8 mi
- [LKZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egul.md) RAF Lakenheath · 27 km / 17 mi
- [BEQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egxh.md) RAF Honington · 32 km / 20 mi
- [MHZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egun.md) RAF Mildenhall · 34 km / 21 mi
- [NWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egsh.md) Norwich Airport · 37 km / 23 mi
- [EGUW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eguw.md) Wattisham Airfield · 58 km / 36 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-0659/data