EGVA IATA FFD Medium Airport

Airport record

RAF Fairford

Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

WGS 84 position 51.68357°, -1.78917° Open map
FIELD ELEVATION 286 ft MSL

87 metres

REPORTED OPEN RUNWAYS 1

1 reported lighted

LONGEST REPORTED 9,994 ft

3,046 metres · 09/27

PUBLISHED COMMS 8

Source records

Runway geometry

Reported runway surfaces

TRUE headings
Runway Dimensions Surface Heading (true) Lighting Status
09/27 9,994 × 200 ft3,046 × 61 m Asphalt 88.0° / 268.0° east–west Reported lighted Reported open

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Runway ends

Published end data

Each runway end is listed separately. Headings are true; elevations are MSL. A dash means the source did not publish a value—not zero.

Runway-end identifiers, parent runways, true headings, elevations, displaced thresholds, and published coordinates
End Runway True heading End elevation Displaced threshold Coordinates
09 LE · low-numbered end 09/27 Reported open 88.0°T 286 ft MSL87 m Not published 51.68300°, -1.81200° Open end map ↗
27 HE · high-numbered end 09/27 Reported open 268.0°T 255 ft MSL78 m Not published 51.68400°, -1.76800° Open end map ↗

Communications

Published frequencies

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TypeFrequencyDescription
APP 119.000 MHz APP
CAC 124.275 MHz CAC
DIR 133.750 MHz BRIZE DIRECTOR
GND 234.250 MHz GND
PMSV 25.775 MHz PMSV METRO
PTD 233.470 MHz PDT
TWR 119.150 MHz TWR
TWR 338.220 MHz No description published

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Nearby airports

All in United Kingdom
CodeAirportDistance & bearingLongest runway
EGLL London Heathrow AirportLondon 51 NM95 km · E · 104° true 12,799 ft
EGKK London Gatwick AirportLondon 68 NM126 km · SE · 118° true 10,883 ft
EGCC Manchester AirportManchester, Greater Manchester 102 NM188 km · N · 350° true 10,007 ft
EIDW Dublin AirportDublin 194 NM359 km · NW · 304° true 10,203 ft
LFQQ Lille AirportLesquin 196 NM363 km · E · 108° true 9,268 ft
LFOB Beauvais-Tillé airportBeauvais 200 NM371 km · SE · 130° true 7,972 ft

Source & provenance

Data source

Airport, runway, and frequency records come from the OurAirports Public Domain dataset snapshot dated . Missing values remain missing; Runway Almanac does not invent them.