Aberporth Airport

Aberporth Airport (ICAO: EGFA) is an airport near the village of Aberporth, in the county of Ceredigion, West Wales. The site is being developed as West Wales Airport^[2] for domestic flights within Wales and the rest of the United Kingdom. The airport is also developing as a centre for the deployment of civil and military unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as 'drones'. The airport has recently undergone major improvements which have extended the length of the runway from 945 to 1,257 m (3,100 to 4,124 ft).

History

The following units were posted here at some point:

No. 1 AACU ‘B’ Flight.^[3]
No. 1 Anti Aircraft Cooperation Unit ‘L’ Flight.^[3]
No. 1 Anti Aircraft Cooperation Unit ‘Q’ Flight.^[3]
No. 1 Anti Aircraft Cooperation Unit ‘X’ Flight.^[3]
No. 6 Anti Aircraft Cooperation Unit.^[3]
No. 6 Air Observer School RAF.^[3]
No. 7 Anti Aircraft Cooperation Unit.^[3]
No. 7 Maintenance Unit RAF.^[3]
No. 595 Squadron RAF.^[3]
No. 636 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF.^[3]
No. 1608 (AAC) Flight.^[3]
No. 1609 (AAC) Flight.^[3]
No. 1621 (AAC) Flight.^[3]
Combined Services Projectile Development Establishment.^[3]

Current use

The nearby M.o.D. range is used for testing rockets by the British military, as well as for launching civil rockets for atmospheric research.

Aberporth Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P859) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee. The aerodrome is not licensed for night use.^[4]

References

↑ West Wales/Aberporth - EGFA
↑ West Wales Airport
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Aberporth (Blaenannerch) (West Wales)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
↑ Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences

External links

Aberporth Technology Park and West Wales Airport – An Overview of Proposals, Innovations and Benefits. (Archived September 27, 2007 at the Wayback Machine)

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Aberporth Airport

History

Current use

See also

References

External links