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MoD Lyneham

airport in the United Kingdom
Place Airport Q2123972

Facts

14 properties

Identity

Instance of
airport
Official website
www.raf.mod.uk[9]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[3]
Location
Lyneham[7]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 51.505°, -1.993°[8]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Lyneham and Bradenstoke[2]

Population and size

Elevation above sea level
+156[12]
More facts +7
Aerodrome reference point
🗺️ 51.505°, -1.993°[13]
Date of official opening
May 18, 1940[11]
Historic county
Wiltshire[14]
IATA airport code
LYE[5]
ICAO airport code
EGDL[6]
Operator
Royal Air Force[4]
Replaces
RAF Lyneham[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en EGDL en LYE en MoD Lyneham de Lyneham de EGDL de RAF Lyneham fa LYE fa EGDL fa فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی لینهام id EGDL id LYE ja リネハム空軍基地 ms Pengkalan Udara Lyneham zh 萊納姆皇家空軍基地 zh 萊納姆空軍基地
🔖 Identifiers · 9
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
RAF Lyneham 03.JPG ↗
BBC News topic ID
c51z9ypgk94t
BBC Things ID
409209d1-bddf-45d2-b171-e1740387cd23
Freebase ID
/m/02dzj_
GNS Unique Feature ID
14341923
GeoNames ID
6296580
TOID
5000005279601869
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
431654
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Airport", "EGDL"]
📚 Sources · 1
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Country 1
United Kingdom
Instance of 1
airport
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Lyneham and Bradenstoke
Location 1
Lyneham
Operator 1
Royal Air Force
Replaces 1
RAF Lyneham
← Replaced by 1
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Summary

MoD Lyneham is an airport[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Lyneham and Bradenstoke
    Location → Lyneham
    Replaces → RAF Lyneham
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #55346: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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