Llanbedr Airfield

Llanbedr Airfield
Llanbedr
Characteristics
ICAO code	EGFD
Coordinates	52 ° 48 '18 "  N , 4 ° 7' 38"  W Coordinates: 52 ° 48 '18 "  N , 4 ° 7' 38"  W.
Height above MSL	24 m (79  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	5 miles north of Barmouth
Street
Basic data
opening	1941
operator	Llanbedr Airfield Estates LLP
Runways
17/35	2286 m × 46 m asphalt
05/23	1319 m × 46 m asphalt
15/33	1282 m × 46 m asphalt

The Llanbedr Airfield is an airfield in the northwest of Wales in the county of Gwynedd on the edge of Snowdonia National Park, west of the village of Llanbedr and about eight kilometers north of Barmouth . Today the airfield is used for general aviation .

history

The airfield was opened in 1941 as Royal Air Force Station Llanbedr , or RAF Llanbedr for short , during the Second World War as a military airfield of the 12th Group of the Fighter Command of the Royal Air Force . From 1942 the station was initially used for target tug planes and from 1943 as a shooting school. It was later used for the operation of drones , which served as training air targets for the armed forces, such as the Royal Artillery .

In 1957, the RAF station became the Royal Aircraft Establishment Llanbedr , RAE Llanbedr for short , and was subsequently operated as a civilian, although the property was still under the Ministry of Defense. The operators were Short Brothers (until 1979) and Airwork Services (until 1991). In addition, in the first few years after the conversion, Llanbedr served the V-bombers of the RAF as an alternative place and later for weapons training.

The company FR Serco took over the company in 1991 under different conditions and in the following year the RAE Llanbedr became the Test & Evaluation Establishment Llanbedr , T&EE Llanbedr for short .

In 1995 it was renamed Defense Test & Evaluation Organization Llanbedr , or DTEO Llanbedr for short, only to be given another name two years later, Defense Evaluation and Research Agency Llanbedr , or DERA Llanbedr for short .

In the course of a nationwide reorganization in 2001, the DERA authority was replaced by the privately organized QinetiQ . Three years later, Llanbedr was closed as a military site and the navigation and air traffic control facilities were removed.

After partial agricultural use in the meantime and discussions regarding a resumption of flight operations, against which the "Friends of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park ", for example, turned , the airfield was reopened for general aviation in May 2014 .

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