BZZ

RAF Brize Norton

ICAO EGVN51.7500°N 1.5836°W88 m / 288 ftMedium airport
On the map

RAF Brize Norton (IATA: BZZ, ICAO: EGVN) is a medium airport in Carterton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1937. It has one runway, 3,050 m (10,007 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Royal Air Force. In 2002 it handled 127 passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1937–1937
1937
OpenedRAF Brize Norton opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Passenger Terminal101 Squadron HQ99 Squadron Headquaters
07/25074° / 254° · LIT
LENGTH3,050 m10,007 ftWIDTH56 m184 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2001–2002
71
127
0102

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers127 (2002)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#3,615of 3,974 · #737 Europe · #53 GBLongest runway3,050 m10,007 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=997of 29,823 · =140 Europe · =5 GBElevation88 m288 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,614of 43,341 · =3,827 Europe · #229 GBAgeOpened 19372026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=703of 15,079 · =404 Europe · =52 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

11 channels
DEP127.250
ATISATIS126.500
CACNon-Zone Radar Service (See LARS)124.275
GNDGND121.725
ZONEBrize CTR. Zone Control/Transits119.000
OPSOPS135.750
RDRDirector Radar133.750
TWR 1Primary123.725
APP127.250
TWR 2Stby123.550
LARSLower Airspace Radar Service (0900L-1700L)124.275