# RAF Mildenhall (MHZ / EGUN)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/egun

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MHZ / EGUN
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: United States Air Force
- Serves: Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 16 Oct 1934
- Elevation: 10 m / 33 ft
- Coordinates: 52.3619, 0.4864
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,808 m / 9,213 ft
- Passengers: 4 (2002)
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: https://www.mildenhall.af.mil/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Mildenhall (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q772162
- Weather station: EGUN · WMO 03577
- Ident: EGUN

## Timeline

- 16 Oct 1934: RAF Mildenhall opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 2,808 m / 9,213 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Paved | 103° / 283° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1994 | 214 | Eurostat |
| 1995 | 240 | Eurostat |
| 1997 | 306 | Eurostat |
| 2002 | 4 | Eurostat |

## Routes

7 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (7)

- [RMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/etar.md) Ramstein Air Base · Germany · 595 km / 370 mi · Space-A travel
- [WRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kwri.md) Mc Guire Air Force Base · United States · 5,669 km / 3,523 mi · Space-A travel
- [DOV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdov.md) Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force Base · United States · 5,790 km / 3,598 mi · Space-A travel
- [GSB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgsb.md) Seymour Johnson Air Force Base · United States · 6,238 km / 3,876 mi · Space-A travel
- [MCF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmcf.md) MacDill Air Force Base · United States · 7,136 km / 4,434 mi · Space-A travel
- [IAB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiab.md) McConnell Air Force Base · United States · 7,259 km / 4,511 mi · Space-A travel
- [SUU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksuu.md) Travis Air Force Base · United States · 8,507 km / 5,286 mi · Space-A travel

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from MHZ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [Space-A travel](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/space-a-travel) · 7

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 4 (2002) | =3,939 of 3,974 | =830 in Europe | =66 in GB |
| Longest runway | 2,808 m / 9,213 ft | #1,598 of 29,858 | #255 in Europe | #13 in GB |
| Elevation | 10 m / 33 ft | =40,220 of 43,403 | =5,423 in Europe | =565 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1934 | =552 of 15,079 | =312 in Europe | =42 in GB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =120 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | LAKENHEATH APP | 136.500 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 37.550 |
| CAC | CAC | 27.777 |
| DEP | LAKENHEATH DEP | 25.030 |
| GND | GND | 121.675 |
| OPS | AMC AIRLIFT AMCC | 131.975 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 28.442 |
| POST | 100 ARW COMD POST | 31.355 |
| PTD | PTD | 131.975 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.550 |

## Nearby airports

- [LKZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egul.md) RAF Lakenheath · 7.3 km / 4.6 mi
- [BEQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egxh.md) RAF Honington · 20 km / 12 mi
- [CBG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egsc.md) Cambridge City Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [KNF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egym.md) RAF Marham · 32 km / 20 mi
- [EGUW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eguw.md) Wattisham Airfield · 41 km / 26 mi
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · 56 km / 35 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “RAF Mildenhall”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mildenhall&oldid=1367763259), revision of 5 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/egun/data