Airport details

RAF Benson

Benson, United Kingdom Europe

IATA BEX ICAO EGUB 1 runways
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Airport information

Dataset record
IATA
BEX
ICAO
EGUB
Elevation
226 ft / 69 m
Runways
1
Longest runway
5,981 ft / 1,823 m
Main surface
Asphalt
Timezone
Europe/London
Coordinates
51.6164016724, -1.09582996368

Location

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Weather snapshot

Europe/London · Updated Sat 7 Nov, 02:00

Open-Meteo

Mainly clear now, with temperatures around 3°C to 11°C (38°F to 51°F) today and up to 6% rain risk.

Current
Mainly clear
Temperature
5°C
41°F
Humidity
98%
Wind
7 km/h 4 mph
Local time
02:10
Sunrise
07:08
Sunset
16:26

Today

Light drizzle

3°C to 11°C 38°F to 51°F

Rain 6%
Wind 7 km/h 4 mph

Sun

Fog

2°C to 9°C 36°F to 49°F

Rain 2%
Wind 6 km/h 4 mph

Mon

Fog

3°C to 8°C 37°F to 47°F

Rain 0%
Wind 14 km/h 9 mph

Airline service

Routes dataset

No airline route coverage data is currently available for this airport.

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About

From Wikipedia

RAF Benson

Royal Air Force BensonorRAF Benson(IATA:BEX, ICAO:EGUB) is a Royal Air Force station located at Benson, near Wallingford, in South Oxfordshire, England. It is a front-line station and from 2009 to 2025 was home to the RAF's fleet of Westland Puma HC2 support helicopters, which were used primarily for the transportation of troops & equipment. Flying squadrons comprise No. 22 Squadron which provides operational test, evaluation, tactics and training for all aviation in Joint Aviation Command and No. 28 Squadron, which is the Boeing Chinook HC6A training unit. Other units include the Oxford University Air Squadron and No. 6 Air Experience Flight, both flying the Grob Tutor T1 light training aircraft used for student and cadet flying training. The National Police Air Service and the Thames Valley Air Ambulance are also based at the station, both operating Airbus H135 helicopters.

RAF Benson opened in 1939 and during the Second World War it was tasked with training aircrews on the Fairey Bat...

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RAF Benson

Country

United Kingdom

Official name
United Kingdom

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