RAF Akrotiri

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Royal Air Force station military air base

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
RAF Akrotiri airfield 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

RAF Akrotiri → hostsFacility → RAF Akrotiri self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: RAF Akrotiri airfield
Operation Shader → notableLocation → RAF Akrotiri ⓘ