Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire District
Carterton

RAF Brize Norton

RAF Brize Norton is the largest station of the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom. It is located in , approximately 75 mi west-northwest of London, near the village of and the towns of and .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: Royal Air Force main operating base in Oxfordshire, England
  • Also known as: “BZZ”, “EGVN”, “Royal Air Force Brize Norton”, and “Royal Air Force station Brize Norton”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carterton Town Hall and Carterton Library.

Public building
Photo: andrew auger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a municipal building in Alvescot Road in , a town in England. It accommodates the offices and meeting place of Carterton Town Council.

Library
Photo: andrew auger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carterton and Black Bourton.

Town
Photo: Andrew Auger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in West Oxfordshire district in the county of , England and is 4 miles south-west of . The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 15,769.

Village
Photo: Dave Kelly, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish about 2 miles south of . The village is on Brook, a tributary of the .

Village
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is a village and civil parish 1 mile east of in West Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 938. The original part of RAF is in the parish.

RAF Brize Norton

Latitude
51.7512° or 51° 45′ 4″ north
Longitude
-1.58359° or 1° 35′ 1″ west
Elevation
289 feet (88 metres)
Operator
Royal Air Force
IATA airport code
BZZ
ICAO airport code
EGVN
Open location code
9C3WQC28+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 99707966
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
6296660
Wiki­data ID
Q1420053
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Satellite Map

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

From Cebuano to Tajik—“RAF Brize Norton” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “RAF Brize Norton”
  • Chinese: “布萊茲諾頓皇家空軍基地”
  • Dutch: “RAF Brize Norton”
  • French: “RAF Brize Norton”
  • German: “Brize Norton”
  • German: “BZZ”
  • German: “EGVN”
  • German: “RAF Brize Norton”
  • Hebrew: “בסיס חיל האוויר המלכותי ברייז נורטון”
  • Indonesian: “BZZ”
  • Indonesian: “EGVN”
  • Japanese: “RAF Brize Norton”
  • Japanese: “イギリス空軍基地ブライズ・ノートン”
  • Japanese: “ブライズ・ノートン空軍基地”
  • Japanese: “ブライズノートン空軍基地”
  • Japanese: “ブリゼ・ノートン空軍基地”
  • Japanese: “ブリゼノートン空軍基地”
  • Japanese: “英国空軍基地ブライズ・ノートン”
  • Malay: “Pengkalan Udara Brize Norton”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “RAF Brize Norton”
  • Norwegian: “RAF Brize Norton”
  • Persian: “BZZ”
  • Persian: “EGVN”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی بریتز نورتون”
  • Swedish: “RAF Brize Norton”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво салтанате бритз нӯратон”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Alvescot and Astrop Farm.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Astra Bowl and Royal Air Force Police.

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