Airports / United Kingdom / CBG
Cambridge City Airport
EGSC / CBGCambridge, Cambridgeshire, United KingdomELEV 47 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
15 nm
To the nearest alternate
RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Cambridge City Airport (EGSC / CBG) is a mid-sized airport serving Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. The airport sits 47 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 CBG for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are RAF Mildenhall (MHZ, 15 nm), RAF Lakenheath (LKZ, 19 nm), and London Stansted Airport (STN, 19 nm).
Charter pricing from CBG depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Marshall and RAF Cambridge. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
Field capability
ICAO
EGSC
IATA
CBG
FAA / Local
EGSC
Elevation
47 ft
Coordinates
52.2050° N · 0.1750° E
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 47 ft, CBG sits lower than 68% 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.
- 15nmMHZRAF MildenhallBury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk
- 19nmLKZRAF LakenheathBrandon, Suffolk
- 19nmSTNLondon Stansted AirportLondon, Essex
- 23nmBEQRAF HoningtonBury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk
- 28nmLTNLondon Luton AirportLuton, Luton
- 29nmEGUWWattisham AirfieldIpswich, Suffolk
Location
Open the full mapEGSC · Cambridge City Airport · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom