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{{Infobox airport
| name = RAF Santacruz
| nativename = [[File:Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg|90px]]
| nativename-a =
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| IATA =
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| type = Military
| owner =
| operator = [[Royal Air Force]]
| city-served =
| location = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| built = {{start date and age|1941}}
| used = 1942–{{end date and age|1947}}
| elevation-f = 37
| elevation-m = 11
| coordinates = {{coord|19|05|19|N|072|52|05|E|region:GB_type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra#India
| pushpin_label = RAF Santacruz
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in India
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| r1-number = 04/22
| r1-length-f = 5174
| r1-length-m = 1577
| r1-surface = [[Concrete]]
| r2-number = 09/27
| r2-length-f = 5220
| r2-length-m = 1590
| r2-surface = Concrete
| r3-number = 14/32
| r3-length-f = 5030
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|image1=[http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5118485992_65089840d6_b.jpg A 1945-46 photo of RAF Santacruz taken from the air showing its three runways]
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'''RAF Santacruz''' was a [[Royal Air Force]] airfield in Bombay (now called [[Mumbai]]), then [[British India]] which saw extensive use in [[World War II]].

== History ==
The Airfield was constructed in the 1930s when the nearby [[Juhu Aerodrome]], located close by, could not cope with the fighters, bombers and other large transport planes of the Air Force, that required longer and stronger runways. The Santacruz Airfield covered an area of about 1,500 acres (607 hectares). It had three runways originally<ref name= "GAZ">{{cite web|url=http://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/greater_bombay/communication.html |title=Transport by Air |publisher= Maharashtra State Gazetteers |year= 1987 |accessdate=2012-03-21}}</ref> and built as a standard [[Class A airfield]], the main feature of which was a set of three intersecting concrete runways placed in a triangular pattern. The technical area and apron were located to the south between 09/27 and 14/32 and connected to a {{Convert|50|ft|m}} wide perimeter track. After the end of the War, the airport was handed over to the [[Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India)|Director General of Civil Aviation]] for Civil operations and continues civilian operations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1946/oct/30/airfield-santa-cruz |title=Airfield, Santacruz |publisher= Hansard |date=30 October 1946 |accessdate=2012-03-21}}</ref>

==Squadrons==

Numerous Fighter Squadrons and support units were stationed at Santacruz from 1942 to 1947.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-S.htm |title=RAF Santacruz |publisher= www.rafweb.org |date=9 January 2011 |accessdate=2012-03-21}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
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!Unit
!Dates
!Aircraft
!Variant
!Notes
|-
|[[No. 159 Squadron RAF]]
|1945-1946
|[[Consolidated Liberator]]
|Mk.VIII
|Detachment from RAF Salbani, West Bengal
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|[[No. 203 Squadron RAF]]
|November 1943-October 1944:
|[[Vickers Wellington]]
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|Coastal patrols
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|[[No. 217 Squadron RAF]]
|1947
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|[[No. 244 Squadron RAF]]
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|}

==Current use==

It is now part of the [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport]].

==References==
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[[Category:Airports in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Airports in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Royal Air Force stations in Asia]]
[[Category:Royal Air Force stations of World War II in Asia]]
[[Category:World War II sites in India]]
[[Category:1930 establishments in British India]]

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