Aberporth Airport
West Wales Airport West Wales/Aberporth Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | West Wales Airport Ltd. | ||||||||||
| Serves | Cardigan | ||||||||||
| Location | Aberporth, Wales, UK | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 428 ft / 130 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°06′53″N 004°33′34″W / 52.11472°N 4.55944°W | ||||||||||
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Aberporth Airport (ICAO: EGFA) 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.