Boscombe Down Airport

MOD Boscombe Down is the home of a military aircraft testing site, on the south-eastern outskirts of the town of , Wiltshire, England. The airfield was built in 1930 as Royal Air Force Boscombe Down, and since 1939, has evaluated aircraft for use by the British Armed Forces.
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  • Email: deswpnstest-bsdops@mod.gov.uk
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airbase and former Royal Air Force station in Wiltshire, England, UK; used for military aircraft and weapons testing, development, and evaluation
  • Also known as: “Base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”, “Base de la Royal Air Force de Boscombe Down”, “Baza Royal Air Force Boscombe Down”, “Boscombe Down”, “Boscombe Down airbase”, “EGDM”, “Estasyon sa Hukbong Panghimpapawid sa Royal Air Boscombe Down”, “Koninklijke luchtmachtbasis Boscombe Down”, “Kungliga flygvapnets station Boscombe Down”, “MoD Boscombe Down”, “MOD Boscombe Down”, “Pangkalan Angkatan Udara Kerajaan Boscombe Down”, “Pangkalan Tentera Udara Diraja Boscombe Down”, “Paubos ang RAF Boscombe”, “RAF Boscombe Down”, “Royal Air Force Station Boscombe Down”, “Royal Air Force-stasjonen Boscombe Down”, “Пойгоҳи Нерӯҳои ҳавоии шоҳии Боскомб Даун”, “Пойгоҳи Нӯру-ҳавоии Шоҳии Боскомб Даун”, “בסיס חיל האוויר המלכותי בוסקומב דאון”, “חיל האוויר המלכותי בוסקומב דאון”, “پایگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی باسکامب داون”, “پایگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی باسکومب داون”, “قاعدة سلاح الجو الملكي في بوسكومب داون”, “イギリス空軍ボスコム・ダウン基地”, “博斯庫姆唐”, “博斯科姆唐皇家空军基地”, “英国皇家空军博斯科姆唐基地”, and “英空軍ボスコム・ダウン基地”
  • Address: Boscombe Down, Salisbury, SP4 0JF

Places of Interest

Highlights: St Andrew’s Church, Boscombe, Wiltshire and St John the Baptist’s Church, Allington.

Church
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St Andrew's Church is a historic church in the village of , England.

Church
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St John the Baptist's Church in the village…

Cliff
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Vespasian's Camp is an Iron Age hillfort just west of the town of , , England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boscombe and Allington.

Hamlet
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is a village in the civil parish of , in , England.

Hamlet
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is a village and civil parish in …

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is a town in , .

Boscombe Down Airport

Latitude
51.15559° or 51° 9′ 20″ north
Longitude
-1.74898° or 1° 44′ 56″ west
Elevation
407 feet (124 metres)
Operator
QinetiQ
ICAO airport code
EGDM
Open location code
9C3W5742+6C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 121206744
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
6296581
Wiki­data ID
Q3566434
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Tajik—“Boscombe Down Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “موقع وزارة الدفاع في بوسكومب داون”
  • Cebuano: “Boscombe Down”
  • Cebuano: “MOD Boscombe Down”
  • Chinese: “MOD 博斯康比唐”
  • Dutch: “MOD Boscombe Down”
  • French: “MoD Boscombe Down”
  • French: “MOD Boscombe Down”
  • German: “MoD Boscombe Down”
  • German: “MOD Boscombe Down”
  • Hebrew: “משרד ההגנה – בוסקומב דאון”
  • Indonesian: “MOD Boscombe Down”
  • Japanese: “国防省ボスコム・ダウン”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Boscombe Down”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “MOD Boscombe Down”
  • Norwegian: “MOD Boscombe Down”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه وزارت دفاع بریتانیا در باسکامب داون”
  • Persian: “مرکز «باسکومب داون» وزارت دفاع”
  • Romanian: “MOD Boscombe Down”
  • Spanish: “MoD Boscombe Down”
  • Swedish: “Boscombe Down”
  • Swedish: “MOD Boscombe Down”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи визорат дифоъ биретонеё дар боскомб довн”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: West Boscombe and Queensbury Bridge.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Boscombe Airfield Solar Farm and Amesbury Disc Golf Course.

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Worth a closer look: Stonehenge and Salisbury.

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