Airports / United Kingdom / MHZ
RAF Mildenhall
EGUN / MHZBury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, United KingdomELEV 33 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
4 nm
To the nearest alternate
RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
RAF Mildenhall (EGUN / MHZ) sits in Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 33 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
MHZ has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include RAF Lakenheath (LKZ, 4 nm), RAF Honington (BEQ, 11 nm), and Cambridge City Airport (CBG, 15 nm).
Quotes for flights out of MHZ vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from MHZ, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
EGUN
IATA
MHZ
FAA / Local
EGUN
Elevation
33 ft
Coordinates
52.3619° N · 0.4864° 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 33 ft, MHZ sits lower than 80% 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.
- 4nmLKZRAF LakenheathBrandon, Suffolk
- 11nmBEQRAF HoningtonBury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk
- 15nmCBGCambridge City AirportCambridge, Cambridgeshire
- 17nmKNFRAF MarhamKing's Lynn, Norfolk
- 22nmEGUWWattisham AirfieldIpswich, Suffolk
- 30nmSTNLondon Stansted AirportLondon, Essex
Location
Open the full mapEGUN · RAF Mildenhall · Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom