Airports / United Kingdom / FFD
RAF Fairford
EGVA / FFDFairford, Gloucestershire, United KingdomELEV 286 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
9 nm
To the nearest alternate
RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
RAF Fairford, listed as EGVA / FFD, is a mid-sized airport in Fairford, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. The airport sits 286 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 FFD for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are RAF Brize Norton (BZZ, 9 nm), Gloucestershire Airport (GLO, 19 nm), and London Oxford Airport (OXF, 20 nm).
Charter pricing from FFD depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Fairford, Gloucestershire.
Field capability
ICAO
EGVA
IATA
FFD
FAA / Local
EGVA
Elevation
286 ft
Coordinates
51.6836° N · 1.7892° 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 286 ft, FFD sits higher 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.
- 9nmBZZRAF Brize NortonCarterton, Oxfordshire
- 19nmGLOGloucestershire AirportStaverton, Gloucestershire
- 20nmOXFLondon Oxford AirportKidlington, Oxfordshire
- 26nmBEXRAF BensonWallingford, Oxfordshire
- 32nmEGDMMoD Boscombe DownSalisbury, Wiltshire
- 39nmBRSBristol AirportBristol
Location
Open the full mapEGVA · RAF Fairford · Fairford, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom