Gloucestershire
Cotswold District
Great Rissington

RAF Little Rissington

Royal Air Force Little Rissington or more simply RAF Little Rissington is a Royal Air Force satellite station in , . It was once home to the Central Flying School, the Vintage Pair and the Red Arrows.
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Photo: Eltep, Public domain.
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: Royal Air Force station and airfield in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “EGVL”, “Little Rissington Airfield”, “Royal Air Force Little Rissington”, and “Royal Air Force Station Little Rissington”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and Church of St Nicholas.

Church
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westcote and Fifield.

Village
is a civil parish in the Cotswold district, in the county of , England. Church , the main settlement and the location of the parish church, is about 4 miles south-southeast of , just east of the A424 road to .

Village
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village and civil parish about 4 miles north of in . The western boundary of the parish forms part of the county boundary with . The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 240.

Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold Hills in , about 4+1⁄2 miles southeast of in neighbouring .

RAF Little Rissington

Latitude
51.86361° or 51° 51′ 49″ north
Longitude
-1.68884° or 1° 41′ 20″ west
Elevation
719 feet (219 metres)
Operator
Royal Air Force
ICAO airport code
EGVL
Open location code
9C3WV876+CF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 410865995
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
7671222
Wiki­data ID
Q7275442
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Satellite Map

Discover RAF Little Rissington from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Tajik—“RAF Little Rissington” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “EGVL”
  • Arabic: “Little Rissington Airfield”
  • Arabic: “RAF Little Rissington”
  • Arabic: “Royal Air Force Little Rissington”
  • Arabic: “Royal Air Force Station Little Rissington”
  • Chinese: “EGVL”
  • Chinese: “Little Rissington Airfield”
  • Chinese: “RAF Little Rissington”
  • Chinese: “Royal Air Force Little Rissington”
  • Chinese: “小里辛頓皇家空軍基地”
  • Dutch: “EGVL”
  • Dutch: “Little Rissington Airfield”
  • Dutch: “RAF Little Rissington”
  • Dutch: “Royal Air Force Little Rissington”
  • Dutch: “Royal Air Force Station Little Rissington”
  • French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
  • French: “EGVL”
  • French: “Little Rissington Airfield”
  • French: “RAF Little Rissington”
  • French: “Royal Air Force Little Rissington”
  • French: “Royal Air Force Station Little Rissington”
  • German: “EGVL”
  • German: “Little Rissington Airfield”
  • German: “RAF Little Rissington”
  • German: “Royal Air Force Little Rissington”
  • German: “Royal Air Force Station Little Rissington”
  • Hebrew: “EGVL”
  • Hebrew: “Little Rissington Airfield”
  • Hebrew: “RAF Little Rissington”
  • Hebrew: “Royal Air Force Little Rissington”
  • Hebrew: “Royal Air Force Station Little Rissington”
  • Indonesian: “EGVL”
  • Indonesian: “Little Rissington Airfield”
  • Indonesian: “RAF Little Rissington”
  • Indonesian: “Royal Air Force Little Rissington”
  • Indonesian: “Royal Air Force Station Little Rissington”
  • Japanese: “EGVL”
  • Japanese: “Little Rissington Airfield”
  • Japanese: “RAF Little Rissington”
  • Japanese: “Royal Air Force Little Rissington”
  • Japanese: “リトル・リシントン空軍基地”
  • Persian: “EGVL”
  • Persian: “Little Rissington Airfield”
  • Persian: “RAF Little Rissington”
  • Persian: “Royal Air Force Little Rissington”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی لیتل ریسینگتون”
  • Romanian: “EGVL”
  • Romanian: “Little Rissington Airfield”
  • Romanian: “RAF Little Rissington”
  • Romanian: “Royal Air Force Little Rissington”
  • Romanian: “Royal Air Force Station Little Rissington”
  • Tajik: “EGVL”
  • Tajik: “Little Rissington Airfield”
  • Tajik: “RAF Little Rissington”
  • Tajik: “Royal Air Force Little Rissington”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво салтанате литл рисингтун”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Upper Rissington and Great Rissington.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rissington Kart Club and Ansell’s Hill Coppice.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “RAF Little Rissington”. Photo: Eltep, Public domain.