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  • gibraltar Gibraltar International Airport

    Gibraltar

    Gibraltar





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    2.2199 Gibraltar Harbour,
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    1915 to present

    36° 9' 0'' N - 5° 21' 0'' W
    1nm N of Gibraltar - North Front
    ICAO: LXGBIATA: GIB
    Elevation: 15 feet




    History of this Location


    RAF Gibraltar
    Opened in 1915 on the old Gibraltar racecourse, it became an RAF base after WWI.

    Following concern over Italian activity in Abyssinia (Ethiopia) work began on an emergency landing ground to operate in concert with the racecourse, on 3 Sep 1934. It transferred briefly to RN adminstration in Sep 1940 under HMS Cormorant until Aug 1941, when it was handed back to the RAF and by mid Dec 1941 intensive work to enlarge the facility and extend the runway into Gibraltar Bay had begun. Impetus was given by the bombing of Malta and the need to complete a further extension to 1800 yards (ready by Jul 1943) for Operation Torch.

    Shortly after the last permanently based RAF unit withdrew, RAF North Front was renamed RAF Gibraltar on 30 Nov 1966 and came under Coastal Command direction. RAF aircraft still stage through and RN Ships Flights often alight here, while the parent ship is visiting the nearby naval base. Between 1982 and 1991, the Royal Navy based a Flight for maritime surveillance of the narrows between here and Tangiers.

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    List of units at RAF Gibraltar

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    YearsRotary Wing Aircraft Unitbold : Current Model
    normal: Unit no longer at this base
    1982UK 824 NASSea King 1982/89
    Sea King 1982/84
    Sea King 1977/83
    1966UK 846 NAS









    List of aircraft and events at RAF Gibraltar

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    By Date | By Serial

    DatesOrg/TypeUnit
    1969-jan AccidentRN Type 81 Tribal class F119 HMS Eskimo
    1981-oct RN Ikara Leander class F39 HMS Naiad
    1982-apr-16 1982-apr-20 RN Hecla class A133 HMS Hecla
    1983-jun 815 NAS HAS.2 XZ735
    1984-aug RN HAS.3 ZD258
    1989-apr-21 RN HAS.2 XZ577
    1989-apr-21 RN HAS.3 ZD258
    1989-apr-21 RN HAS.5 ZA131
    1998-dec-01 Visiting815 NAS /410 HAS.3 ZD253
    2014-sep-29 Dolphin 1RN HM.1 ZH864
    2015-mar RN HAS.3S ZF560
    2015-oct-10 RAF SA330E XW209
    2016-jan-10 RN HC.3 ZJ121
    2016-jan-10 RN HC.3 ZJ129
    2016-may-05 RN HMA.2 ZZ522
    2016-may-05 Royal Fleet Auxiliary Bay class L3008 RFA Mounts Bay
    2016-aug-09 Deployment846 NAS HC.3 ZJ121
    2019-apr-23 AW169 P4-ICE
    2019-apr-28 SASEMAR AW139 EC-KXA
    2019-jul-04 Grace 1 interceptionRN HMA.2 ZZ381
    2020-apr-14 Hélity Copter Airlines AW139 EC-NEP
    2021-feb-28 AW139 VP-CMF
    2021-may-24 AW109E I-POWE



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