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RAF Honington

Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom

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RAF Honington

Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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Active RAF station with limited civilian air operations.

Opened
1937
Location
Bury Saint Edmunds, United Kingdom
RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station located near Bury Saint Edmunds in Suffolk, England. It serves primarily as a military installation and is the home of the RAF Regiment, the ground defence force of the Royal Air Force. The airfield holds the IATA code BEQ and ICAO code EGXH, though it does not operate as a commercial passenger airport. Civilian use is extremely limited, and the base is not open to the general public for air travel.
Notable facts
  • ›RAF Honington is the home of the RAF Regiment, founded in 1942.
  • ›The station opened in 1937 and was used extensively during World War II.
  • ›It previously hosted Tornado GR1 strike aircraft before the RAF Regiment took primary residence.
  • ›The airfield is not open for scheduled commercial passenger services.
  • ›It falls under the jurisdiction of Air Command and remains an active military base.
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RAF Honington
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Royal Air Force Honington or more simply RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station located 6 mi (9.7 km) south of Thetford near Ixworth in Suffolk, England. It was used as a bomber station during the Second World War and through the Cold War, hosting Handley Page Victors and Hawker Siddeley (Blackburn) Buccaneers. RAF Honington has been the RAF Regiment depot since 1994.

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