RAF Little Rissington

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

Places of Interest

Highlights: 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.

Village
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village and civil parish about 4 miles north of in .

Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold…

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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In Other Languages

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

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Upper Rissington and Great Rissington.

Notable Places Nearby

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

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Worth a closer look: Gloucester and Cheltenham.

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