Gibraltar International Airport

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Satellite and aerial maps of RAF Gibraltar with nearby locations


Nearby locationsKmBearing
Gibraltar Harbour , 2.2199
Hospital Comarcal La Linea de la Concepcion , Andalusia 2.8355
Algeciras Heliport , Andalusia 8.7259LEAG
Punta de Europa Hospital , Andalusia 9.3242
La Almoraima , Andalusia 16.9333LEAA
Ceuta Heliport , Ceuta 28.9172GECE



  RAF Gibraltar


1915 to present

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


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




Years Unit
1982UK 824 NASSea King, Sea King, Sea King,
1966UK 846 NAS





List of aircraft and events at RAF Gibraltar


By Date | By Serial | By Model

TypeSerialDates
AW139EC-KXA 28apr19
AW139EC-NEP 14apr20
Type 81 Tribal class F119 HMS Eskimo jan69
Hecla class A133 HMS Hecla 16apr82
Ikara Leander class F39 HMS Naiad oct81
AW109EI-POWE 24may21
AW169P4-ICE 23apr19
Bay class L3008 RFA Mounts Bay 05may16
AW139VP-CMF 28feb21
SA330EXW209 10oct15
HAS.2XZ577 21apr89
HAS.2XZ735 jun83
HAS.5ZA131 21apr89
HAS.3ZD253 01dec98
HAS.3ZD258 aug84 21apr89
HAS.3SZF560 mar15
HM.1ZH864 29sep14
HC.3ZJ121 10jan16 09aug16
HC.3ZJ129 10jan16
HMA.2ZZ381 04jul19
HMA.2ZZ522 05may16



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