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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  • Aerodrome
  • …lies at an elevation of 285 feet (87 metres)
  • …has the IATA airport code FFD
  • …has the ICAO airport code EGVA
  • …is operated by United States Air Force
  • Description: Royal Air Force station near Fairford, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
  • Address: Fairford, GL7 4DL
  • Email: 420abs.os.ao@us.af.mil

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Anne and St Mary’s Church.
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St Mary's Church is a church in , , England.
Farmor's School is a secondary school with academy status in Fairford, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kempsford and Whelford.
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is a village in the civil parish…
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RAF Fairford

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Latitude
51.68514° or 51° 41′ 7″ north
Longitude
-1.78998° or 1° 47′ 24″ west
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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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 فرفورد”
  • 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”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lake 128 and Ash Copse.

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