RAF Akrotiri

RAF Akrotiri
RAF Akrotiri
Akrotiri in Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Cyprus
	A RAF Tornado GR4 returns to RAF Akrotiri after a mission undertaken during Operation Shader
	Acra semper acria; (Latin for 'The Peninsula is Always Eager')
	RAF Akrotiri RAF Akrotiri RAF Akrotiri
Coordinates	34°35′25″N 32°59′16″E / 34.59028°N 32.98778°E
Type	Permanent joint operating base
Area	2,128 hectares (5,260 acres)
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	British Forces Cyprus
Condition	operational
Website	Official website
Site history
Built	1955
In use	1955 – present
Garrison information
Current; commander	Group Captain Simon Cloke
Occupants	No. 84 Squadron RAF; No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing; Cyprus Operations Support Unit;
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: AKT, ICAO: LCRA, WMO: 17601
Elevation	75.4 feet (23 metres) AMSL
Runways
10/28	2,745 by 45 metres (9,006 ft × 148 ft) grooved blacktop asphalt concrete
	Source: United Kingdom Military Aeronautical Information Publication

Royal Air Force Akrotiri, commonly abbreviated RAF Akrotiri (IATA: AKT, ICAO: LCRA) (Greek: Βασιλική Πολεμική Αεροπορία Ακρωτηρίου; Turkish: Kraliyet Hava kuvvetleri Ağrotur) is a large Royal Air Force (RAF) military airbase on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.^[2] It is located in the Western Sovereign Base Area, one of two areas which comprise Akrotiri and Dhekelia, a British Overseas Territory, administered as a Sovereign Base Area.

The station commander has a dual role, and is also the officer commanding the Akrotiri or Western Sovereign Base Area, reporting to the commander of British Forces Cyprus (BFC) who is also the Administrator.