Caernarfon Airport (Welsh: Maes Awyr Caernarfon) (ICAO: EGCK), formerly RAF Llandwrog, is located 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) southwest of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales.

Caernarfon Airport
Caernarfon Airport ATC
IATA: none ICAO: EGCK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Air Caernarfon Ltd.
Location	Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales
Elevation AMSL	14 ft / 4 m
Coordinates	53°06′06″N 004°20′15″W
Website	www.caernarfonairport.com
Map
EGCK Location in Gwynedd
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 02/20 unlicensed 1,080 3,543 Asphalt 07/25 932 3,058 Asphalt
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1]

Operations

Caernarfon Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P866) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Air Caernarfon Limited). The aerodrome is not licensed for night use.[2] The airport has a licensed runway: 07/25, an unlicensed one: 02/20 and a disused runway which formed a triangle layout commonly used during the Second World War.

The airport is mainly used by small fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and microlights. Several companies based at the airport offer flight training. North Wales Flight Academy offers fixed-wing training for the issue of a PPL (A) and other fixed-wing qualifications. Microlight traffic forms a considerable part of the local aerodrome traffic and flight training is provided by The Microlight School. Helicopter training is also undertaken at the airport by Geo Helicopters. It is also possible to have pleasure flights and charters from the airport. There is also a helicopter simulator located inside the Airworld Aviation Museum.

The airport is also home to one of the three Wales Air Ambulance helicopters.

Facilities

During the 2000s, the airport underwent significant re-development and expansion. At the aerodrome, there is a large café, a maintenance and storage hangar, and a visitor centre and shop which are part of the Aviation Museum at the site.

SAR

In 2013, the UK government handed out the contract to manage search and rescue for the next ten years to Bristow Helicopters, using two Sikorsky S-92 helicopters.[3] Since 1 July 2015, search and rescue operations have commenced at Caernarfon Airport.

See also

• RAF Llandwrog
• Search and rescue

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caernarfon Airport.

• Official website

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[fr] Aéroport de Caernarfon