Information of RAF Benson

• Location & QuickFacts
• Airport Communications
• Runway Information
• Remarks

• by Chris Hall
• by Steve Staunton
• by Steve Staunton
• by Chris Hall

Location & QuickFacts

Airport ICAO Code:	EGUB
Airport IATA Code:	BEX
Longitude/Latitude:	W 001° 05' 44.97"/N 51° 36' 58.56" -1.095825/51.616267
Elevation:	203 ft / 61.87 m
Location:	Benson, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Magnetic Variation:	W 2°20.8' (2008-04)
Time Zone:	UTC 0(+1DT)

Airport Communications

Type	Name	Freq 1	Freq 2	Freq 3	Freq 4	Freq 5
Approach Control	APP	136.45 M	376.65 M
Automatic Terminal Information Service	ATIS	282.525 M
Centralized Approach Control	CAC	120.9 M	278.6 M
Ground Control	GND	121.8 M
Tower	TWR	127.15 M	318.1 M

Runway Information

Runway 01/19

Dimension:	5981 x 150 ft / 1823.0 x 45.7 m
Surface:	Asphalt, asphaltic concrete, tar macadam, or bitumen bound macadam.

	Runway 01	Runway 19
Longitude:	-1.097672 / W 001° 05' 51.62"	-1.094086 / W 001° 05' 38.71"
Latitude:	51.606914 / N 51° 36' 24.89"	51.623144 / N 51° 37' 23.32"
End Elevation:	179.0 ft	203.0 ft
Alignment:	010.0	190.0
Slope:	0.4	-0.4
Touchdown Zone Elev.:	185.0	203.0
Lighting System 1:	Single Row Centerline	High Intensity Runway Lights
Lighting System 2:	PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator	NATO standard
Lighting System 3:		PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator

Runway 06/24

Dimension:	4782 x 100 ft / 1457.6 x 30.5 m
Surface:	Asphalt, asphaltic concrete, tar macadam, or bitumen bound macadam.

	Runway 06	Runway 24
Longitude:	-1.102328 / W 001° 06' 08.38"	-1.084833 / W 001° 05' 05.40"
Latitude:	51.614872 / N 51° 36' 53.54"	51.622156 / N 51° 37' 19.76"
End Elevation:	197.0 ft	226.0 ft
Alignment:	059.9	239.9
Slope:	0.5	-0.5
Touchdown Zone Elev.:	197.0	226.0

Remarks

Caution - Extv copter tfc.

Customs/Agriculture/Immigration - Avbl HO.

Fuel - (NC-100LL, A1+)

JASU - 1(E4) 1(E12)

Lighting - ABn, red coded BO.

Oil - O-149

Operating Hours - Opr HO.

Restricted - 24 hr PPR.