RAF Wrexham

RAF Wrexham
Borras, Wrexham County Borough in Wales
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Coordinates	53°04′00″N 2°57′01″W / 53.0668°N 2.9504°W / 53.0668; -2.9504
Type	Royal Air Force station
Code	RW[1]
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Fighter Command 1941-43 * No. 9 Group RAF RAF Flying Training Command * No. 21 Group RAF
Site history
Built	1917 (1917) & 1940/41
Built by	(1941) Sir Alfred McAlpine Ltd
In use	1917-1920 June 1941 - 1945 (1945)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II * Battle of Britain * Defence of Liverpool Cold War
Airfield information
Elevation	67 metres (220 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 04/22  Concrete 09/27  Concrete 16/34  Concrete

Royal Air Force Wrexham, or more simply RAF Wrexham, is a former Royal Air Force station at Borras, on the outskirts of Wrexham, Wales and north-east of the city centre.

Initially opened as a municipal aerodrome the airfield was used by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War and the Royal Air Force in the Second World War. The airfield became the site of a Royal Observer Corps nuclear bunker during the Cold War.