RAF Benson

ICAO EGUB51.6144°N 1.0960°W69 m / 226 ftMedium airport

RAF Benson (IATA: BEX, ICAO: EGUB) is a medium airport in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. It has one runway, 1,823 m (5,981 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1965–1965

06 JUL 1965

Disaster1965 Little Baldon Hastings accident.41 killed

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

01/19008° / 188° · LIT

LENGTH1,823 m5,981 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Longest runway1,823 m5,981 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,748of 29,823 · #822 Europe · #69 GB Elevation69 m226 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=33,208of 43,341 · =4,195 Europe · =310 GB Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =120 GB

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels

APPAPP376.650

ATISATIS282.525

Zone / CAC120.900

TWRTWR127.150

GRN121.800

TWR318.100

APP vhf136.450

Director356.125