# Bicester Airfield, Bicester, United Kingdom

**Bicester Airfield** is a small airport in Bicester, England, United Kingdom. It opened in Sep 1916. It closed in 1976. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1269

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Bicester, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: Sep 1916
- Closed: 1976
- Elevation: 81 m / 266 ft
- Coordinates: 51.9167, -1.1319
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicester_Airfield (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q619674
- Weather station: EGTK
- Ident: GB-1269

## Timeline

- Sep 1916: Bicester Airfield opens.
- 1918: Royal Air Force becomes the operator.
- 1976: Bicester Airfield closes.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 81 m / 266 ft | =32,175 of 43,403 | =3,949 in Europe | =265 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1916 | =108 of 15,079 | =88 in Europe | =11 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-0213](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0213.md) Pear Tree Farm Airstrip · 4.1 km / 2.6 mi
- [GB-0414](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0414.md) RAF Weston-on-the-Green · 7.3 km / 4.5 mi
- [GB-0077](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0077.md) Finmere Aerodrome · 9.2 km / 5.7 mi
- [GB-0377](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0377.md) Croughton Manor Farm Airstrip · 9.4 km / 5.9 mi
- [GB-0794](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0794.md) Ventfield Farm Airstrip · 12 km / 7.5 mi
- [GB-0073](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0073.md) Hinton-in-the-Hedges Airfield · 13 km / 8.4 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-1269/data