RAF Fairford is a Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, in the south‑west of England, roughly 25 km (about half an hour’s drive) north of Swindon and south‑east of Cirencester, in the Cotswolds area.

Quick Scoop: Where is RAF Fairford?

RAF Fairford (IATA: FFD, ICAO: EGVA) is located in rural Gloucestershire, a county in south‑west England known for its Cotswold countryside. The base sits a few miles south of the small town of Fairford, which lies along the River Coln, and is within easy driving distance of towns like Swindon and Cirencester.

It functions as a Royal Air Force station that also hosts United States Air Force personnel and is a key forward operating location for US bomber operations in Europe. The station is also widely known to the public as the venue for the Royal International Air Tattoo, one of the world’s largest military air shows, held each July and drawing well over a hundred thousand visitors.

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