icao iata faa airport name city country (state/province)
EGVN BZZ RAF Brize Norton Brize Norton UK United Kingdom (England)

288
N51 45.0 W001 35.02
January 1 1937 - present (87 years)
1

yes
yes

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127.25
362.3
297.8
259.0
389.575
124.275
133.755
344.0
264.775
121.725
396.85
130.075
386.825
257.8
123.72
379.75
119.0

NOT FOR NAVIGATION
runway dimension ILS closed note
08 - 26 10,007' x 184' 3050m x 56m yes asphalt

Largest transport base in RAF. Air Base is located 20 km west of Oxford and about 100 km NW of London.
Building commenced 1935 and opened in 1937 as training base. Used in WW2 as repair station and training for multi-engined aircraft.
Handed over to USAF 1953 as SAC base. B36 ,B47 , B52, KC97 and KC135 aircraft stationed there.
Returned to RAF 1965. RAF Transport command relocated to Brize 1967. Home to 10, 53, 99, 101, 216, & 511 Squadrons. (VC10, Britannia, Comet, Belfast Andover)
Was home to 10 & 101 Sqd (VC10) 216 Sqd (TriStar)
Received the Lyneham wing (C130) Late 2011
Current base of RAF A330MRTT and A400M forces & 99 Sqd (C17)



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