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RAF Gibraltar

Royal Air Force airbase on the Mediterranean isthmus of Gibraltar
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RAF Gibraltar

Summary

RAF Gibraltar is an air base[1]. It draws 213 Wikipedia views per month (air_base category, ranking #174 of 917).[2]

Key Facts

  • RAF Gibraltar is in the country of Gibraltar[3].
  • RAF Gibraltar's instance of is recorded as air base[4].
  • RAF Gibraltar's instance of is recorded as Royal Air Force station[5].
  • RAF Gibraltar is owned by Ministry of Defence[6].
  • RAF Gibraltar is operated by Royal Air Force[7].
  • RAF Gibraltar's Commons category is recorded as RAF Gibraltar[8].
  • 1942 marks the founding of RAF Gibraltar[9].
  • RAF Gibraltar was part of the conflict World War II[10].
  • RAF Gibraltar's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 36.149565, 'longitude': -5.34764, 'precision': 2.77777777778e-06}[11].
  • RAF Gibraltar's official website is recorded as https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-gibraltar/[12].
  • RAF Gibraltar's adjacent structure or building is recorded as Gibraltar International Airport[13].

Body

Geography

RAF Gibraltar is in the country of Gibraltar[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include air base[4] and Royal Air Force station[5].

History and Context

1942 marks the founding of RAF Gibraltar[9]. It is owned by Ministry of Defence[6].

Why It Matters

RAF Gibraltar draws 213 Wikipedia views per month (air_base category, ranking #174 of 917).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . aidu.mod.uk. aidu.mod.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . aidu.mod.uk. aidu.mod.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . aidu.mod.uk. aidu.mod.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . aidu.mod.uk. aidu.mod.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . aidu.mod.uk. aidu.mod.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Militum professio scriniarii · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Email address → mailto:[email protected]
    Icao airport code → LXGB
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Q1410
    Coordinate location → {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': N
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2044]]: 12 foot"
  2. 5d ago · Militum professio scriniarii · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uk parliament thesaurus id → 549540
    Inception → +1942-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Operator → Royal Air Force
    Adjacent structure or building → Gibraltar International Airport
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P3032]]: [[Q501083]]"
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