Airports / United Kingdom / BEX
RAF Benson
EGUB / BEXWallingford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomELEV 226 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
16 nm
To the nearest alternate
London Oxford Airport (OXF) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
RAF Benson (EGUB / BEX) sits in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 226 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
BEX has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include London Oxford Airport (OXF, 16 nm), Blackbushe Airport (BBS, 20 nm), and RAF Brize Norton (BZZ, 20 nm).
Quotes for flights out of BEX vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Benson. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from BEX, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
EGUB
IATA
BEX
FAA / Local
EGUB
Elevation
226 ft
Coordinates
51.6144° N · 1.0960° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs United Kingdom fields
state range 5–1,066 ft
At 226 ft, BEX sits higher than 66% of the 88 United Kingdom fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 16nmOXFLondon Oxford AirportKidlington, Oxfordshire
- 20nmBBSBlackbushe AirportCamberley, Surrey
- 20nmBZZRAF Brize NortonCarterton, Oxfordshire
- 24nmODHRAF OdihamHook, Hampshire
- 24nmFABFarnborough AirportFarnborough, Hampshire
- 25nmLHRLondon Heathrow AirportLondon
Location
Open the full mapEGUB · RAF Benson · Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom