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RAF Benson airport (United Kingdom)
RAF Benson airport is located near Benson, with Benson at 1mi↑, Wallingford at 2mi↑, North Stoke at 3mi↑, Chalgrove at 3mi↑, South Oxfordshire District at 4mi↑, Cholsey at 4mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in United Kingdom and Southernmost airports in United Kingdom
→ See also airports in United Kingdom
aerial view of RAF Benson airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : EGUB
- IATA code : BEX
- Local code : -
Elevation : 69 m = 226ft
→ See also Highest airports in UK and Lowest airports in United Kingdom
Runways
- runway 01/19 : 1823m = 5981ft
- runway 06/24 : 1458m = 4783ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in United Kingdom
Coming to RAF Benson airport
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By train : book on Trip.com
- Cholsey train station at 4mi
- Didcot Parkway train station at 6mi
- Appleford train station at 6mi
By plane :
- RAF Benson airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Wycombe Air Park airport at 12mi : book on Trip.com
- Oxford (Kidlington) airport at 18mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for RAF Benson airport EGUB BEX
METAR for RAF Benson airport EGUB BEX
EGUB 142350Z AUTO 22014KT 9999 BKN027/// SCT049/// 16/11 Q1001
Decoded METAR for RAF Benson airport EGUB BEX
METAR issued by EGUB on Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 23:50 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 19 hours and 47 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 16°C = 61°F, dew point is 11°C = 52°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 72 %.
QNH is 1001hPa = 29.56inHg
Wind 26km/h = 14kt, direction is 220°.
Clouds : broken at 2700ft = 820m. scattered clouds at 4900ft = 1490m.
TAF for RAF Benson airport EGUB BEX
EGUB 121017Z 1212/1218 23012KT 9999 FEW030 TEMPO 1212/1218 6000 SHRA PROB30 TEMPO 1212/1218 25015G25KT 3000 +SHRA SCT020CB
Decoded TAF for RAF Benson airport EGUB BEX
TAF issued by EGUB on Friday, September 12, 2025 at 10:17 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 3 days and 9 hours and 20 minutes. weather forecast for 6 hours, weather forecast updated every 3 hours.
from Friday, September 12, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Friday, September 12, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
1212/1218 23012KT 9999 FEW030
wind 12kt = 22km/h, direction is 230°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 3000ft = 910m
temporarily from Friday, September 12, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Friday, September 12, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1212/1218 6000 SHRA
Visibility is 6km = 4mi.
shower rain
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Friday, September 12, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Friday, September 12, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 1212/1218 25015G25KT 3000 +SHRA SCT020CB
wind 15kt = 28km/h with gusts at 25kt = 46km/h, direction is 250°
Visibility is 3km = 2mi.
heavy shower rain
scattered clouds at 2000ft = 610m
NOTAM for RAF Benson airport
Around RAF Benson airport (United Kingdom)
near
- Hotels in Benson
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 243mi↑
- Paris at 244mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 245mi↑
- Station de montagne Gerardmer at 431mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 432mi↑
- Station de montagne La Bresse Hohneck at 436mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 436mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Pistes de Ventron at 437mi↑
- Station de montagne Ventron at 437mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Trois Fours at 437mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 437mi↑
- Station de montagne Rouge Gazon at 438mi↑
- for RAF Benson airport at 0mi↑
- for Drayton St. Leonard airport at 4mi↑
- for North Moreton Airstrip airport at 4mi↑
nearest airports to RAF Benson airport (United Kingdom)
- Drayton St. Leonard airport ( GB-0428) at 4mi↑
- North Moreton Airstrip airport ( GB-0526) at 4mi↑
- Chalgrove airport (EGLJ ) at 4mi↑NOTAM
- Chiltern Park airport ( GB-0157) at 5mi↑defunct airport
- Slay Barn private airstrip airport ( GB-0417) at 8mi↑
- Whittles Farm Airstrip airport ( GB-0520) at 8mi↑
- Luxter Farm Airstrip airport ( GB-0535) at 9mi↑
- Haw Farm Airstrip airport ( GB-0779) at 10mi↑
- Steventon Private Airstrip airport ( GB-0059) at 10mi↑
- RAF Abingdon airport (EGUD ) at 11mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in United Kingdom
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap