Airports / United Kingdom / BZZ
RAF Brize Norton
EGVN / BZZCarterton, Oxfordshire, United KingdomELEV 288 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
9 nm
To the nearest alternate
RAF Fairford (FFD) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Carterton, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, RAF Brize Norton (EGVN / BZZ) operates as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 288 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
BZZ has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include RAF Fairford (FFD, 9 nm), London Oxford Airport (OXF, 11 nm), and RAF Benson (BEX, 20 nm).
Quotes for flights out of BZZ vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Royal Air Force. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from BZZ, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
EGVN
IATA
BZZ
FAA / Local
EGVN
Elevation
288 ft
Coordinates
51.7500° N · 1.5836° 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 288 ft, BZZ sits higher 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.
- 9nmFFDRAF FairfordFairford, Gloucestershire
- 11nmOXFLondon Oxford AirportKidlington, Oxfordshire
- 20nmBEXRAF BensonWallingford, Oxfordshire
- 23nmGLOGloucestershire AirportStaverton, Gloucestershire
- 36nmEGDMMoD Boscombe DownSalisbury, Wiltshire
- 38nmBBSBlackbushe AirportCamberley, Surrey
Location
Open the full mapEGVN · RAF Brize Norton · Carterton, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom