MHZ

RAF Mildenhall

ICAO EGUN52.3619°N 0.4864°E10 m / 33 ftMedium airport
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Mildenhallphoto
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RAF Mildenhall (IATA: MHZ, ICAO: EGUN) is a medium airport in Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. It opened on 16 Oct 1934. It has one runway, 2,808 m (9,213 ft) long, paved. It is operated by United States Air Force. In 2002 it handled 4 passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1934–1934
16 OCT 1934
OpenedRAF Mildenhall opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
RAF Mildenhall Passenger Terminal
10/28103° / 283° · LIT
LENGTH2,808 m9,213 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEPaved

Passengers per year

1994–2002
214
240
306
4
94959702

Routes

7 destinations · 2 countries

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MHZ. From the Wikipedia article “RAF Mildenhall” (revision of 5 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers4 (2002)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M=3,939of 3,974 · =829 Europe · =66 GBLongest runway2,808 m9,213 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#1,597of 29,823 · #253 Europe · #13 GBElevation10 m33 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,160of 43,341 · =5,412 Europe · =565 GBAgeOpened 19342026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=552of 15,079 · =312 Europe · =42 GBRunways11 · 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

10 channels
APPLAKENHEATH APP136.500
ATISATIS37.550
CACCAC27.777
DEPLAKENHEATH DEP25.030
GNDGND121.675
OPSAMC AIRLIFT AMCC131.975
PMSVPMSV METRO28.442
POST100 ARW COMD POST31.355
PTDPTD131.975
TWRTWR122.550