RAF Wyton

RAF Wyton
RAF Wyton
Near St Ives, Cambridgeshire in England
	Canberra PR9 'XH170' which is RAF Wyton's gate guardian
	Verum Exquiro; (Latin for 'Seek the Truth')
	RAF Wyton Shown within Cambridgeshire
Coordinates	52°21′26″N 000°06′28″W
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	Strategic Command
Condition	Operational
Website	www.raf.mod.uk/rafwyton
Site history
Built	1915
In use	1916 – present
Garrison information
Current; commander	Wing Commander Keith Slack
Occupants	Defence Intelligence Fusion Centre; 42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic); Defence Infrastructure Organisation; Defence Assurance and Information Security; Defence Intelligence Estates Rationalisation Team; RAF Wyton Area Voluntary Band;
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: QUY, ICAO: EGUY, WMO: 03566
Elevation	40.2 metres (132 ft) AMSL
Runways
08/26	799 metres (2,621 ft) Grass
	Source: RAF Wyton Defence Aerodrome Manual

Royal Air Force Wyton or more simply RAF Wyton (IATA: QUY, ICAO: EGUY) is a Royal Air Force station near St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England. The airfield is decommissioned and is now used by the UK Strategic Command.

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