Airports / United Kingdom / LKZ
RAF Lakenheath
EGUL / LKZBrandon, Suffolk, United KingdomELEV 32 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
4 nm
To the nearest alternate
RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
RAF Lakenheath, listed as EGUL / LKZ, is a mid-sized airport in Brandon, Suffolk, United Kingdom. The airport sits 32 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into LKZ for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are RAF Mildenhall (MHZ, 4 nm), RAF Honington (BEQ, 9 nm), and RAF Marham (KNF, 14 nm).
Charter pricing from LKZ depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Brandon, Suffolk.
Field capability
ICAO
EGUL
IATA
LKZ
FAA / Local
EGUL
Elevation
32 ft
Coordinates
52.4095° N · 0.5612° E
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 32 ft, LKZ sits lower than 81% 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.
- 4nmMHZRAF MildenhallBury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk
- 9nmBEQRAF HoningtonBury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk
- 14nmKNFRAF MarhamKing's Lynn, Norfolk
- 19nmCBGCambridge City AirportCambridge, Cambridgeshire
- 22nmEGUWWattisham AirfieldIpswich, Suffolk
- 31nmNWINorwich AirportNorwich, Norfolk
Location
Open the full mapEGUL · RAF Lakenheath · Brandon, Suffolk, United Kingdom