RAF Akrotiri

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RAF Akrotiri is a major Royal Air Force station on Cyprus that serves as a key forward operating base for British air operations in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean.

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Label Occurrences
RAF Akrotiri canonical 19
RAF Akrotiri airfield 2
Royal Air Force Akrotiri 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station
military air base
constructionBegan 1950s
controlledBy United Kingdom Ministry of Defence
country United Kingdom
elevationAboveSeaLevel 23 metres
75 feet
garrison British Forces Cyprus
hostsFacility RAF Akrotiri self-linksurface differs
surface form: RAF Akrotiri airfield

residential area for service personnel
support and logistics facilities
hostsUnit 84 Squadron RAF
British Forces Cyprus
surface form: British Forces Cyprus Headquarters

No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing RAF
IATACode AKT
ICAOCode LCRA
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Time
locatedOnBodyOfWater Mediterranean Sea
location Akrotiri Peninsula
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Cyprus
nearbyCity Limassol
nearbySettlement Akrotiri village
opened 1955
operator Royal Air Force
ownedBy UK government
surface form: United Kingdom government
partOf Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas
surface form: British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
role air operations hub
forward operating base
signals intelligence site
support base for Middle East operations
runwayCount 1
runwayDesignation 10/28
runwayLength 2744 metres
9003 feet
runwaySurface asphalt
strategicRegionServed Eastern Mediterranean
Middle East
usedBy British Army
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
United States Air Force
usedDuringConflict Cold War
Cyprus Emergency
Iraq War
Suez Crisis
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
surface form: War in Afghanistan

operations against ISIL in Iraq and Syria

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Operation Shader notableLocation RAF Akrotiri
RAF Akrotiri hostsFacility RAF Akrotiri self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: RAF Akrotiri airfield
Flag of Akrotiri and Dhekelia associatedWith RAF Akrotiri
this entity surface form: Royal Air Force Akrotiri
No. 111 Squadron basedAt RAF Akrotiri
subject surface form: No. 111 Squadron RAF
No. 56 Squadron RAF garrison RAF Akrotiri
No. 14 Squadron RAF garrison RAF Akrotiri
No. 264 Squadron RAF garrison RAF Akrotiri
Akrotiri Peninsula hosts RAF Akrotiri
British Forces Cyprus garrison RAF Akrotiri
British Forces Cyprus controls RAF Akrotiri
this entity surface form: RAF Akrotiri airfield
AKT represents RAF Akrotiri
AKT appliesToTransportFacility RAF Akrotiri
AKT serves RAF Akrotiri
LCRA identifies RAF Akrotiri
LCRA ICAOCodeFor RAF Akrotiri
84 Squadron RAF garrison RAF Akrotiri
subject surface form: No. 84 Squadron RAF
Akrotiri village locatedNear RAF Akrotiri
SBA hosts RAF Akrotiri
subject surface form: Sovereign Base Areas
No. 208 Squadron RAF garrison RAF Akrotiri