RAF Alconbury

RAF Alconbury
USAAF Station 102
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire in England
RAF Alconbury's gate guardian, a replica US Air Force F-5E Tiger II, seen during 2020
RAF Alconbury is located in Cambridgeshire
RAF Alconbury
RAF Alconbury
Shown within Cambridgeshire
Coordinates52°21′48″N 000°13′22″W / 52.36333°N 0.22278°W / 52.36333; -0.22278
TypeRAF station (US Visiting Forces)
CodeAY[1]
Area497 hectares (1,230 acres)[2]
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorUS Air Force
Controlled byUS Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa
previously
RAF Bomber Command[1]
* No. 2 Group RAF
* No. 3 Group RAF
ConditionOperational
Site history
Built1937 (1937)/38
In useMay 1938–1942 (Royal Air Force)
1942–1945 (US Army Air Forces)
1951 – present (US Air Force)
Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II
Cold War
Garrison information
Occupants423d Air Base Group
Airfield information
IdentifiersIATA: AYH, ICAO: EGWZ, WMO: 035620
Elevation50 metres (164 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
12/30 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Asphalt
06/24 (WWII) 1,750 metres (5,741 ft) Concrete
12/30 (WWII) 1,235 metres (4,052 ft) Concrete
18/36 (WWII) 1,235 metres (4,052 ft) Concrete
Notes: Flying ceased in 1995

Royal Air Force Alconbury, or more simply RAF Alconbury, is an active Royal Air Force station near Huntingdon, England. The airfield is in the civil parish of The Stukeleys, close to the villages of Great Stukeley, Little Stukeley, and Alconbury. Flying operations are no longer based at the site, with most of the land, including the runway, having been sold in 2009 to become the new settlement of Alconbury Weald.

  1. ^ a b c Falconer 2012, p. 33.
  2. ^ "Defence Estates Development Plan 2009 – Annex A". GOV.UK. Ministry of Defence. 3 July 2009. p. 15. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

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