# Podington Airstrip, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

**Podington Airstrip** is a small airport in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1942. It closed in 1946. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0813

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1942
- Closed: 1946
- Elevation: 102 m / 335 ft
- Coordinates: 52.2282, -0.6053
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Podington (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275528
- Weather station: EGTC
- Ident: GB-0813

## Timeline

- 1942: Podington Airstrip opens.
- 1946: Podington Airstrip closes.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 102 m / 335 ft | =30,475 of 43,403 | =3,536 in Europe | #182 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =619 in Europe | =122 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-0222](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0222.md) Tower Farm Airstrip · 4.9 km / 3.0 mi
- [GB-0709](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0709.md) Prospect Farm Airstrip · 6.2 km / 3.8 mi
- [GB-0195](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0195.md) Easton Maudit Airstrip · 6.8 km / 4.2 mi
- [GB-0529](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0529.md) Earwig Farm Airstrip · 7.8 km / 4.8 mi
- [GB-0551](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0551.md) Sackville Farm Aerodrome · 8.9 km / 5.5 mi
- [EGBF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbf.md) Bedford Aerodrome · 9.6 km / 6.0 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-0813/data