RAF Santacruz

RAF Santacruz
IATA: BOM ICAO: VABB
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Built	1941 (1941)
In use	1942–1947
Elevation AMSL	37 ft / 11 m
Coordinates	19°05′19″N 072°52′05″E / 19.08861°N 72.86806°E / 19.08861; 72.86806
Map
RAF Santacruz Location in India Show map of Maharashtra RAF Santacruz RAF Santacruz (India) Show map of India
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 04/22 5,174 1,577 Concrete 09/27 5,220 1,590 Concrete 14/32 5,030 1,530 Concrete

External image
A 1945-46 photo of RAF Santacruz taken from the air showing its three runways

Royal Air Force Santacruz or more simply RAF Santacruz was a Royal Air Force station in Bombay (now called Mumbai), then British India which saw extensive use in the Second World War.