About this museum
Also known as / searched as: Duxford · Duxford Air Museum · Imperial War Museum Duxford · Duxford opening times · Duxford tickets
The heavyweight champion, and it isn't close. Europe's largest air museum occupies a real fighter station — the RAF's first with tarmac in mind, the USAAF's 78th Fighter Group home, and the airfield where the Spitfire entered squadron service in 1938. Seven hangars and exhibition halls run the gamut from dope-and-fabric to stainless steel, and because Duxford remains a working aerodrome with the Aircraft Restoration Company and Fighter Collection on site, the exhibits have an unnerving habit of starting up and flying away. Budget a full day; reviewers who allotted two hours file their regrets.
Listed inventory: 146 airframes.
- Concorde 101 G-AXDN — the fastest of them all
- Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird
- B-52D Stratofortress
- TSR-2 XR222 (one of the two survivors)
- B-17G Flying Fortress "Sally B"
- Spitfire Mk.Ia N3200, Dunkirk veteran
Concorde 101 (G-AXDN), the pre-production development aircraft and the fastest Concorde of them all at Mach 2.23 — plus an SR-71A Blackbird and B-52 in Foster's American Air Museum, and B-17 Sally B outside.
Pre-book online; the walk between hangars is long and exposed, so dress for the airfield weather. French visitors keep leaving five-star reviews, which for a museum of British aviation is the highest possible compliment.
- “We visited for the Battle of Britain airshow. It was a great place to walk around, my partner loves all this stuff and he had such a fun day out. Not over busy aswell. Only disappointment was that some planes couldnt fly due to bad winds.”— Nicole Summerfield
- “i loved my visit at duxford imperial war museum. i saw a variety of planes and tanks and got to enter an actual plane used in a war. i also loved the workshops that i participated in and i was very lucky to see an actual plane take off at the airfield”— Anjayen
- “Not our first visit,but always a delight to see the artifacts on show and hear the stories from the staff. Our only gripe is land warfare has gone and the food prices are extortionate! Bring your own food.”— Colin Shaw
Public map reports · excerpted for reference · not reviews collected by this gazetteer
From the editor’s visits
The collection in profile
80 types held here that we have drawn and built in 3D. Choose one to turn it over, or see all 162 in The Hangar.
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de Havilland Dove
DH.104 Dove 6
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Javelin FAW.9
Javelin FAW.9
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B.E.2c
B.E.2c
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Vickers Viscount
Viscount 701
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Westland Wasp
Wasp HAS.1
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British Aerospace 146
BAe 146 CC.2
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Avro Shackleton
Shackleton MR.3
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Hawker Siddeley Trident
Trident 2E
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BAC One-Eleven
One-Eleven 510ED
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DH.9
DH.9
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Hastings
Hastings C.1A
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Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8
R.E.8
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Boeing-Stearman Kaydet
PT-17 Kaydet
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Oxford
Oxford I
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Percival Proctor
Proctor III
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North American B-25 Mitchell
B-25J-30-NC
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Fairey Firefly
Firefly F.I
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Avro York
York C.1
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Bell UH-1H Iroquois
UH-1H
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General Dynamics F-111E
F-111E
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FMA IA 58 Pucará
IA 58A Pucará
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SPAD XIII
SPAD S.XIII
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Hawker Fury I
Fury I
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Boeing B-29A Superfortress
B-29A Superfortress
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Hurricane
Hurricane Mk I
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Spitfire
Spitfire LF Mk IX
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Meteor
Meteor F.8
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Hawker Siddeley Harrier
Harrier GR.3
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F.2B Fighter
F.2B Fighter
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S.E.5a
S.E.5a
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Avro Rota I
Rota I
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Supermarine Walrus
Walrus I
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Gladiator
Gladiator I
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Anson
Avro Anson C.19 (Avro Nineteen Srs 2)
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Magister
Magister I
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Bristol Blenheim
Blenheim Mk IV
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Lysander
Lysander IIIA
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Swordfish
Swordfish I
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Sunderland
Sunderland MR.5
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Handley Page Halifax
B.III
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Bristol Beaufighter
TF.X
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Harvard
Harvard IIB
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Auster AOP.6
Auster AOP.6
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de Havilland Mosquito
Mosquito B.35
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Lancaster
Lancaster B.I
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Hawker Tempest
Tempest II
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Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze
Fa 330 A-1 Bachstelze
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North American P-51 Mustang
P-51D-30-NA
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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
P-47D-40-RA
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Curtiss Kittyhawk IV
Kittyhawk IV (P-40N-15)
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Flying Fortress
B-17G Flying Fortress
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Consolidated B-24 Liberator
B-24L (Liberator B.VI/VIII)
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Douglas C-47 Dakota
Dakota IV
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Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina
PBY-6A Catalina
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Grumman Martlet
Martlet I
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Bf 109E
Bf 109E-3
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Messerschmitt Bf 110
Bf 110 G-4
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Fiat CR.42 Falco
CR.42
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Heinkel He 162 Salamander
He 162 A-2
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Vampire
Vampire FB.5
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Hawker Sea Fury
Sea Fury FB.11
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Sea Hawk FGA.6
Sea Hawk FGA.6
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Hunter
Hunter F.6
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Valiant B(K).1
Valiant B(K).1
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Vulcan
Vulcan B.2
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Victor
Victor K.2
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North American F-100 Super Sabre
F-100D Super Sabre
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Chipmunk
DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
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Westland Whirlwind
Whirlwind HAR.10
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Lightning
Lightning F.6
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Buccaneer
Buccaneer S.2
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BAC TSR.2
TSR.2
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21PF
MiG-21PF
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Scottish Aviation Bulldog T.1
Bulldog T.1
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Vickers VC10
Standard VC10
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Concorde
Concorde 102
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Britten-Norman Islander
BN-2A-26 Islander
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Westland Sea King
Sea King HAR.3
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Westland Lynx
Lynx HAS.3 (GMS)
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British Aerospace Sea Harrier
Sea Harrier FA.2
The site in 3D
Every building and outdoor airframe, modelled from aerial and ground photographs. Drag to orbit, scroll to zoom · open full screen
Frequently asked
What are the opening times for IWM Duxford?
Daily 10am–6pm (Mar–Oct); Daily 10am–4pm (Nov–Feb). Verify current opening times with the museum before travelling.
How much does IWM Duxford cost?
Adult admission is listed as £29. Check the museum's current prices before travelling.
Which aircraft can you see at IWM Duxford?
The listed collection includes Airco DH.9 (D5649), Airspeed Oxford I (V3388), Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mk.4B (18393), Avro Lancaster X (KB889), Avro Vulcan B.2 (XJ824). Aircraft move between displays, so confirm current holdings before travelling.
Does IWM Duxford have parking or a cafe?
Parking is recorded on site; a cafe or restaurant is recorded. Check current facilities with the museum before travelling.
Airframe checklist
Tick them off as you go. Identities are as held in the gazetteer survey — verify against the museum’s own labels if something has moved.
Show all 146 airframes
Inventory last verified 2026-10-08: source 1 · source 2 · source 3 · source 4 · source 5 · source 6 · source 7 · source 8 · source 9 · source 10 · source 11 · source 12 · source 13. Aircraft move between sites; report corrections to the compiler.
Location & contact
- Address
- IWM Duxford Airfield, Cambridge CB22 4QR
- Phone
- 020 7091 3067
- Website
- www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-duxford
- Hours
- Daily 10am–6pm (Mar–Oct); Daily 10am–4pm (Nov–Feb)
(from your local clock — verify before travel) - Gazetteer
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