BEQ

RAF Honington

ICAO EGXH52.3426°N 0.7729°E53 m / 174 ftMedium airport
On the map

RAF Honington (IATA: BEQ, ICAO: EGXH) is a medium airport in Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1935. It has one runway, 2,747 m (9,012 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1935–1935
1935
OpenedRAF Honington opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
09/27081° / 261° · LIT
LENGTH2,747 m9,012 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,747 m9,012 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,754of 29,823 · #279 Europe · #18 GBElevation53 m174 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,571of 43,341 · =4,460 Europe · #368 GBAgeOpened 19352026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=593of 15,079 · =336 Europe · =45 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

4 channels
APPAPP123.300
RDRLAKENHEATH RADAR128.900
TWRTWR/Common Mil122.100
TWR278.620