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Northolt Airport

RAF Northolt
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About Northolt Airport

Royal Air Force Northolt or more simply RAF Northolt is a Royal Air Force station in South Ruislip, 2 nautical miles from Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon, western Greater London, England, approximately 6ย mi (10ย km) north of Heathrow Airport. As London VIP Airport, the station handles many private civil flights in addition to Air Force flights.

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It's one thing landing a plane in Northolt Airport, another thing taking off, because you need a certain length of runway in order to take off. Northolt did not have a long enough runway.

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Coordinates: 51.5531, -0.4183

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