RAF Greenham Common

RAF Greenham Common
Near Newbury, Berkshire in England
RAF Greenham Common during the 1980s
RAF Greenham Common Location within Berkshire
Coordinates	51°22′43″N 001°16′56″W / 51.37861°N 1.28222°W / 51.37861; -1.28222
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force US Army Air Forces (1943–1945) US Air Force (1951–1992)
Condition	Closed
Site history
Built	1943 (1943)
In use	1943–1993
Fate	Technical site now a business park Remainder of station a public parkland known as Greenham and Crookham Commons
Events	Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp (1981–2000)
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: EGVI, WMO: 037435
Elevation	121 metres (397 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 11/29 3,048 metres (10,000 ft) Asphalt (built 1950s) 10/28 1,798 metres (5,899 ft) Asphalt (WW2) 14/32 1,256 metres (4,121 ft) Asphalt (WW2) 02/20 998 metres (3,274 ft) Asphalt (WW2)

Royal Air Force Greenham Common or more simply RAF Greenham Common is a former Royal Air Force station in the civil parishes of Greenham and Thatcham in the English county of Berkshire.^[1] The airfield was southeast of Newbury, about 55 miles (89 km) west of London.

Opened in 1942, it was used by the United States Air Force during the Second World War and during the Cold War, and later as a base for nuclear weapons. After the Cold War ended, it was closed in September 1992. The airfield was also known for the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp held outside its gates in the 1980s in protest against the stationing of cruise missiles on the base. In 1997 Greenham Common was designated as public parkland.