Your nearest airfield?

It just occured to me that some of us a luckier than others when it comes to living near wartime airfields, where is your nearest one or two?

My closest ones are;
Horham - 3 miles
Thorpe Abbotts - 3 miles
Eye - 4 miles

Richard

Hi

Are you talking closed airfields only? or airfield that are still open?

Anyway

Nearest open Airfield to me is Durham Tees Valley (Middleton St George) 8 miles

Nearest closed airfield in RAF Thornaby which is now housing, but some buildings still survive. 3 miles

So not many near where I live so thats why I love sites like this.

Stevo

Nearest current airfield is Sheffield City (EGSY) but that won't be for much longer!

Other than that, probably Netherthorpe and I think the nearest former airfield would be Firbeck.

Chris

The nearest to me is Norwich International Airport ( Horsham St Faiths ) 3 miles, Rackheath 4 miles and Coltishall 6 miles.

Nearest operational airfield to me is Raf Coningsby with the Eurofighter.
Old airfield well i have sutton bridge about 6 miles away one way then Raf Woodhall Spa about 20 miles the other way.

Nearest one to me is Conningsby, which is about 15-20 miles away.

Apart from being home to the Battle of Britain memorial flight, the new Eurofighter is based there. Bloody plane spotters swarm around that place like bees around a honeypot when they're out practising. They're even had to provide special car parking for them.

For me Manston, but first need to cross the Channel !

ahh airfields

hmm

well

Ouston is Albemarle Barracks
Woolsington is Newcastle international airport
Usworth is under the Nissan plant
Greatham is under Corus steelworks
Thornaby is buried under houses and warehouses
Middleham St George is Teesside international airport
Croft is a racing circuit

its a long way to an airfield I can have a walk on - so thanks for those great images guys

Chris

Nearest to home (Approximate Straight Line Distances)

Ratcliffe, ex ATA stage now back to agriculture - 2 Miles
Rearsby, formerly Auster and Scotish Aviation, light industrial estate and agriculture now - 3 Miles
Wymeswold, Bomber OTU, fifties Fighter Station, 2 FTS Fields Aircraft. Now agriculture, race track, light industry - 5 Miles
Loughborough 1 & 2, Both used by Brush for test-flying. Agriculture and playing fields - 6 Miles
Melton Mowbray OAPU then Thor ICBM site Now agriculture - 9 Miles
Leicester East / Stoughton, Bomber Command now home of "Leicestershire Aero Club" - 9 Miles
Castle Donington, Bomber and Transport Command; now East Midlands Airport - 12 Miles
Tollerton, used by Avro and later Trueman Aviation. The Only Real Nottingham Airport! - 13 Miles
Langar, Another Avro servicing base also used by 207 Sqn. Mid fifties to early sixties was RCAF Langar. Now a parachuting school - 14 Miles
Newton, Bomber Command, Transport Command, SoTT, You name it, it happened here. Closed in 1995 as the last proper (Commanded by a Gp Capt) RAF Station in Notts, lingered on as an enclave of Campus Cranwell until 1999. Now light industry and agriculture - 16 Miles
Bruntingthorpe - 16 Miles
Saltby - 17 Miles
Nuneaton / Lindley - 18 Miles
Bitteswell - 19 Miles
Cottesmore - 19 Miles
Bottesford - 20 Miles
Syerston - 20 Miles

Nearest to work

Lichfield - 7 Miles
Tatenhill - 12 Miles
Castle Bromwich - 13 Miles
Elmdon - 18 Miles
Burnaston - 20 Miles

Think I'm pretty lucky really - no wonder I became an anorak!! - Ran out of steam but will add some more descriptions later if anyone is interested

Nearest to me..

Former RAF West Malling...I live on it...right slap in the middle of the old runway!

Former RAF Detling...couple of miles away ( used to Kent county shows and business...few pillboxes/buildings remain.

Im also within reasonable travelling distance from the mighty Biggin Hill...Former RAF bases at Hawkinge ( fab museum guys...worth a trip) Kenley and Manston ( another good museum)