RAF Alconbury

RAF Alconbury USAAF Station 102
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire in England
RAF Alconbury's gate guardian, a full-scale model of a US Air Force F-5E Tiger II, seen during 2020
RAF Alconbury Shown within Cambridgeshire
Coordinates	52°21′48″N 000°13′22″W / 52.36333°N 0.22278°W / 52.36333; -0.22278
Type	RAF station (US Visiting Forces)
Code	AY[1]
Area	497 hectares (1,230 acres)[2]
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	US Air Force
Controlled by	US Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa previously RAF Bomber Command[1] * No. 2 Group RAF * No. 3 Group RAF
Condition	Operational
Site history
Built	1937 (1937)/38
In use	May 1938–1942 (Royal Air Force) 1942–1945 (US Army Air Forces) 1951 – present (US Air Force)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II Cold War
Garrison information
Occupants	423d Air Base Group
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: AYH, ICAO: EGWZ, WMO: 035620
Elevation	50 metres (164 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 12/30 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Asphalt 06/24 (WWII) 1,750 metres (5,741 ft) Concrete 12/30 (WWII) 1,235 metres (4,052 ft) Concrete 18/36 (WWII) 1,235 metres (4,052 ft) Concrete
Notes: Flying ceased in 1995

Royal Air Force Alconbury, or more simply RAF Alconbury, is an active Royal Air Force station near Huntingdon, England, that for many years was used by the USAF. The airfield is in the civil parish of The Stukeleys, close to the villages of Great Stukeley, Little Stukeley, and Alconbury. Flying operations are no longer based at the site, with most of the land, including the runway, having been sold in 2009 to become the new settlement of Alconbury Weald.