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EGVL RAF Little Rissington LIFR

  • Name
    RAF Little Rissington
  • ICAO / GPS
    EGVL / EGVL
  • Type
  • Restriction
  • Region
  • Timezone
    11:08 am (GMT)
  • Coordinates
    51° 52′ 2″ N 1° 41′ 43″ E
  • Elevation
    731 ft (223 m MSL)

About RAF Little Rissington

Royal Air Force Little Rissington or more simply RAF Little Rissington (ICAO: EGVL) is an Royal Air Force satellite station in Gloucestershire, England. It was once home to the Central Flying School, the Vintage Pair and the Red Arrows.

Built during the 1930s, the station was opened in 1938 and closed in 1994. The married-quarters and main technical site were sold in 1996 (the former becoming the village of Upper Rissington). RAF Little Rissington has been retained by the Ministry of Defence and is known as Little Rissington Airfield. It remains active along with the southern technical sites, under the operational control of HQ No. 2 Flying Training School RAF at RAF Syerston. It is now home to 621 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF and 637 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF as the primary military units, providing elementary flying training for Combined Cadet Force and Air Training Corps cadets. The airfield is also used by the forces as a relief landing ground, training area and parachute dropping area.

In March 2015 a new hangar is being built on the airfield.

In 2017 investment was made in upgrading facilities for the RAF Air Cadets.

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