RAF Brize Norton

Royal Air Force main operating base in Oxfordshire, England
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RAF Brize Norton

Summary

RAF Brize Norton is a Royal Air Force station[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of royal_air_force_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (367 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • RAF Brize Norton is located in Oxfordshire[3].
  • RAF Brize Norton is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • RAF Brize Norton's image is recorded as A400M Atlas at RAF Brize Norton MOD 45159377.jpg[5].
  • RAF Brize Norton's instance of is recorded as Royal Air Force station[6].
  • RAF Brize Norton's instance of is recorded as airport[7].
  • RAF Brize Norton's instance of is recorded as air base[8].
  • RAF Brize Norton's instance of is recorded as airline hub[9].
  • RAF Brize Norton's owned by is recorded as Ministry of Defence[10].
  • RAF Brize Norton's operator is recorded as Royal Air Force[11].
  • RAF Brize Norton's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 157353801[12].
  • RAF Brize Norton's IATA airport code is recorded as BZZ[13].
  • RAF Brize Norton's ICAO airport code is recorded as EGVN[14].
  • RAF Brize Norton's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nb2004305849[15].
  • RAF Brize Norton's Commons category is recorded as RAF Brize Norton[16].
  • RAF Brize Norton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.75, 'lon': -1.5836111111111}[17].
  • RAF Brize Norton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02dzlg[18].
  • RAF Brize Norton's official website is recorded as https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-brize-norton/[19].
  • RAF Brize Norton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6296660[20].
  • RAF Brize Norton's BBC Things ID is recorded as 54168954-6de3-458a-9cf2-561b8864daf7[21].
  • RAF Brize Norton's date of official opening is recorded as +1937-00-00T00:00:00Z[22].
  • RAF Brize Norton's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+288'}[23].
  • RAF Brize Norton's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as 14340454[24].
  • RAF Brize Norton's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'lat': 51.76131810090208, 'lon': -1.5836459889873085}[25].
  • RAF Brize Norton's TOID is recorded as 4000000073956096[26].
  • RAF Brize Norton's Quora topic ID is recorded as RAF-Brize-Norton[27].

Body

Geography

RAF Brize Norton is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Oxfordshire[3].

Physical Characteristics

RAF Brize Norton's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+288'}[23].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Royal Air Force station[6], airport[7], air base[8], and airline hub[9].

History and Context

RAF Brize Norton's owned by is recorded as Ministry of Defence[10].

Why It Matters

RAF Brize Norton ranks in the top 3% of royal_air_force_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (367 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Quora. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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