RAF Fairford

Royal Air Force Fairford or more simply RAF Fairford is a Royal Air Force station in , United Kingdom. Since 2019, the base has played host to a Lockheed U-2S Dragon Lady detachment from the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron.
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Wikipedia
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  • Email: 420abs.os.ao@us.af.mil
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: Royal Air Force station near Fairford, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
  • Address: Fairford, GL7 4DL

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Anne and St Mary’s Church.

Church
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Mymuk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Mary's Church is a church in , , England. It is notable for its complete set of 28 medieval stained-glass windows, one of the best-preserved in England.

School
Farmor's School is a secondary school with academy status in Fairford, . Including the Sixth Form, the school currently has about 1,000 students on roll.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kempsford and Whelford.

Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , England, about 2.5 miles south of . RAF Fairford is immediately north of the village.

Village
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is a village in the civil parish of , in the Cotswold district, in the county of , England. lies on the , 2 miles south east of .

Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is in the . town originated as a river-crossing settlement on the River Coln, the ancient market town is dominated by the beautifully proportioned 'wool' church of St Mary.

RAF Fairford

Latitude
51.68514° or 51° 41′ 7″ north
Longitude
-1.78998° or 1° 47′ 24″ west
Elevation
285 feet (87 metres)
Operator
United States Air Force
IATA airport code
FFD
ICAO airport code
EGVA
Open location code
9C3WM6P6+32
Open­Street­Map ID
way 467981201
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
6296658
Wiki­data ID
Q1427413
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Satellite Map

Discover RAF Fairford from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Ukrainian—“RAF Fairford” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “রয়্যাল এয়ার ফোর্স ফেয়ারফোর্ড”
  • Cebuano: “Fairford Royal Air Force Base”
  • Chinese: “皇家空軍費爾福德基地”
  • Chinese: “費爾福德家空軍基地”
  • Chinese: “費爾福德皇家空軍基地”
  • Chinese: “費爾福德空軍基地”
  • Dutch: “RAF Fairford”
  • Finnish: “RAF Fairford”
  • Finnish: “Royal Air Force Fairford”
  • French: “RAF Fairford”
  • German: “RAF Fairford”
  • Hebrew: “בסיס חיל האוויר המלכותי פיירפורד”
  • Italian: “RAF Fairford”
  • Japanese: “フェアフォード空軍基地”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Fairford”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “RAF Fairford”
  • Norwegian: “RAF Fairford”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی فیرفورد”
  • Polish: “RAF Fairford”
  • Russian: “Фэрфорд”
  • Slovenian: “RAF Fairford”
  • Spanish: “RAF Fairford”
  • Swedish: “Fairford Royal Air Force Base”
  • Swedish: “RAF Fairford”
  • Ukrainian: “Ферфорд”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lake 128 and Ash Copse.

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