RAF Hurn

RAF Hurn USAAF Station AAF-492
Bournemouth, Dorset in England
Hurn airfield photographed in May 1947 still showing its Second World War configuration
RAF Hurn Shown within Dorset Show map of Dorset RAF Hurn RAF Hurn (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	50°46′54″N 001°50′23″W / 50.78167°N 1.83972°W / 50.78167; -1.83972
Type	Royal Air Force station
Code	KU[1]
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces 1944
Controlled by	RAF Fighter Command 1941-44 * No. 11 Group RAF Ninth Air Force
Site history
Built	1940 (1940)/41
In use	July 1941 - 1946 (1946)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	10 metres (33 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Concrete 00/00  Concrete 00/00  Concrete

Royal Air Force Hurn or more simply RAF Hurn is a former Royal Air Force station located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north west of Christchurch, Dorset, England

Opened in 1941, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces. During the war it was used primarily as a transport and fighter airfield.

Hurn was the final airfield in England for aircraft flying to Morocco for the North African and Italian campaigns, avoiding France, Spain and Portugal airspace.

Since 1969, it has also been called Bournemouth Airport. The RAF have returned to Hurn in the form of a temporary Outsourcing Contract for Multi-Engine Pilot Training to cope with limited capacity through normal Training Provisions using L3 Harris Airline Academy (2018 -).