Airports / United Kingdom / BEQ
RAF Honington
EGXH / BEQBury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, United KingdomELEV 174 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
9 nm
To the nearest alternate
RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom, RAF Honington (EGXH / BEQ) operates as a mid-sized airport. Field elevation is 174 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list BEQ as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are RAF Lakenheath (LKZ, 9 nm), RAF Mildenhall (MHZ, 11 nm), and Wattisham Airfield (EGUW, 15 nm).
Trip costs from BEQ are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from BEQ to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
EGXH
IATA
BEQ
FAA / Local
EGXH
Elevation
174 ft
Coordinates
52.3426° N · 0.7729° 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 174 ft, BEQ sits higher than 59% 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.
- 9nmLKZRAF LakenheathBrandon, Suffolk
- 11nmMHZRAF MildenhallBury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk
- 15nmEGUWWattisham AirfieldIpswich, Suffolk
- 20nmKNFRAF MarhamKing's Lynn, Norfolk
- 23nmCBGCambridge City AirportCambridge, Cambridgeshire
- 27nmNWINorwich AirportNorwich, Norfolk
Location
Open the full mapEGXH · RAF Honington · Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom