EGFA
Aberporth Airport
VFR
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Name
Aberporth Airport
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ICAO / GPS
EGFA / EGFA
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
10:23 pm (GMT)
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Municipality
Aberporth
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Coordinates
52° 6′ 55″ N 4° 33′ 24″ E
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Elevation
428 ft (130 m MSL)
About Aberporth Airport
Aberporth Airport (ICAO: EGFA) (Welsh: Maes Awyr Aber-porth) is situated southwest of Aberporth, Ceredigion, Wales. The airport is being developed as West Wales Airport for domestic flights. It is also developing as a centre for the deployment of civil and military unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), known as 'drones'. The airport underwent major improvements in 2008 which extended the length of the runway from 945 to 1,257 m (3,100 to 4,124 ft).
The site was previously RAF Aberporth, a former Royal Air Force satellite station which used by the RAF Army Cooperation Command, the site was also used the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), the Defence Research Agency (DRA) and the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) under the control of the Ministry of Defence until 2001.
During 1956, a brand-new asphalt runway was built, with other extensions of the hangar apron occurring during 1968 and 1971.
During the 1960s Aberporth was the HQ of the RAE Ranges Division.