RAF Burtonwood

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RAF Burtonwood
Near Warrington, Cheshire in England
The RAF Burtonwood control tower in 1954.
Ut aquilae volent (Latin for 'That eagles may fly')
RAF Burtonwood Location in Cheshire
Coordinates	53°24′50″N 2°39′04″W / 53.414°N 2.651°W / 53.414; -2.651
Type	RAF station (US Visiting Forces)
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	RAF (1940–1942, 1946–1948 & 1965–1967) US Army Air Forces (1942–1946) US Air Force (1948–1965) US Army (1967–1994)
Condition	Closed
Site history
Built	1938 (1938)–1940
In use	1940–1994 (1994)
Fate	Buildings demolished and site sold for redevelopment, including Omega Business Park and junction 8 of the M62 motorway.
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: EGOB
Runways Direction Length and surface 04/22 1,280 metres (4,199 ft)  09/27 2,743 metres (8,999 ft)  15/33 1,295 metres (4,249 ft)

Royal Air Force Burtonwood (or RAF Burtonwood) is a former Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces base that was located in Burtonwood, 2 miles (3.2 km) Northwest of Warrington in Cheshire, England. The base was opened in 1940 in response to World War II by the RAF and in 1942 it was transferred to the United States of America for war operations.

The base was home to 18,000 American servicemen at the end of the war. In 1946 the base was transferred back to the United Kingdom however United States operations continued. The base officially closed in 1991 and since then the runway and most of the associated buildings have been demolished. RAF Burtonwood Heritage Centre was opened on part of the former base and focuses on the lives of the servicemen, the war and the airplanes at the base.