Airports / United Kingdom / EGDM
MoD Boscombe Down
EGDMSalisbury, Wiltshire, United KingdomELEV 407 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
19 nm
To the nearest alternate
Southampton Airport (SOU) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
MoD Boscombe Down (EGDM) sits in Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 407 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into EGDM for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Southampton Airport (SOU, 19 nm), Bournemouth Airport (BOH, 23 nm), and Lasham Airfield (EGHL, 27 nm).
Charter pricing from EGDM depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under RAF Boscombe Down and Amesbury. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Field capability
ICAO
EGDM
IATA
—
FAA / Local
EGDM
Elevation
407 ft
Coordinates
51.1522° N · 1.7474° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs United Kingdom fields
state range 5–1,066 ft
At 407 ft, EGDM sits higher than 92% of the 88 United Kingdom fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 19nmSOUSouthampton AirportSouthampton
- 23nmBOHBournemouth AirportBournemouth
- 27nmEGHLLasham AirfieldAlton, Hampshire
- 31nmODHRAF OdihamHook, Hampshire
- 32nmFFDRAF FairfordFairford, Gloucestershire
- 35nmYEORNAS YeoviltonYeovil, Somerset
Location
Open the full mapEGDM · MoD Boscombe Down · Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom