RAF Fairford

ICAO EGVA51.6836°N 1.7892°W87 m / 286 ftMedium airport

RAF Fairford (IATA: FFD, ICAO: EGVA) is a medium airport in Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1943. It has one runway, 3,046 m (9,994 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by United States Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1943–1943

1943

OpenedRAF Fairford opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

09/27088° / 268° · LIT

LENGTH3,046 m9,994 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

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

Longest runway3,046 m9,994 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#1,114of 29,823 · #148 Europe · #8 GB Elevation87 m286 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,643of 43,341 · =3,834 Europe · =230 GB AgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =662 Europe · =150 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

APPAPP119.000

CACCAC124.275

DIRBRIZE DIRECTOR133.750

GNDGND234.250

PMSVPMSV METRO25.775

PTDPDT233.470

TWRTWR119.150

TWR338.220