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RAF Cottesmore

Royal Air Force station
Place Royal Air Force Station Q7275257

Facts

18 properties

Identity

Instance of
Royal Air Force station, air base[3]
Inception
1938[10]
Official website
www.raf.mod.uk[12]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 52.729°, -0.651°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
England[1]

Population and size

Area
+379[16]
Elevation above sea level
+141[15]
More facts +10
Owned by
Ministry of Defence[4]
Date of official closure
2012[17]
Described by source
Subterranea Britannica[13]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished
2012[11]
Historic county
Rutland[18]
IATA airport code
OKH[7]
ICAO airport code
EGXJ[8]
Operator
Royal Air Force, United States Army Air Forces[5][6]
Replaced by
Kendrew Barracks[14]
Runway
04/22[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en CT en RAF Cottesmore fa فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی کاتسمور fr base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni ja コッテスモア空軍基地 ja コテスモア空軍基地 ja 王立空軍コテスモア基地 ms Pengkalan Udara Cottesmore zh 科特斯莫爾皇家空軍基地
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
EE Canberra T.4 WJ870 Rt 231 OCU COTT13.06.70 edited-3.jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
0cdf2d83-591f-4257-a3a1-1bd6f6926826
Freebase ID
/m/02dzgk
GNS Unique Feature ID
14340736
GeoNames ID
6301526
Quora topic ID
RAF-Cottesmore
📚 Sources · 1
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🔗 Connections
Operator 2
Royal Air Force, United States Army Air Forces
Country 1
United Kingdom
Instance of 1
air base
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
England
Located in this place 1
No. 1 Squadron
Owned by 1
Ministry of Defence
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  1. 19w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owned by → Ministry of Defence
    Described by source → Subterranea Britannica
    Official website → http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcottesmore
    Instance of → Royal Air Force station, air base
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [fr] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #38217"
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