RAF Fairford

Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Regional Airport

Timezone Europe/London

Local Time —

Elevation 286 ft (87 m)

Coordinates 51.6836°N, 1.7892°W

Runways 2

FFD is the IATA airport code for RAF Fairford, located in Fairford, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. Its ICAO code is EGVA. The airport is classified as a Regional Airport. It operates in the Europe/London timezone at an elevation of 286 ft (87 m) above sea level. It has 2 runways.

About RAF Fairford

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Royal Air Force Fairford or more simply RAF Fairford is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. While being an RAF station, Fairford hosts United States Air Force personnel. Since 2019, the base has played host to a Lockheed U-2S Dragon Lady detachment from the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron. It is the USAF's only European airfield for heavy bombers and routinely supports Bomber Task Force (BTF) operations. Its most prominent use in recent decades has been as an airfield for United States Air Force B-52s during the first Gulf War in 1991, the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the 2003 Iraq War, and the 2026 Iran war.