Anglesey Airport Maes Awyr Môn RAF Valley | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Bilfinger Europa Facility Management Limited | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Anglesey Gwynedd | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Llanfair yn Neubwll,Isle of Anglesey | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 37 ft / 11 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°14′53″N004°32′07″W / 53.24806°N 4.53528°W /53.24806; -4.53528 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | [1] | ||||||||||||||
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Anglesey Airport (Welsh:Maes Awyr Môn) (IATA:VLY,ICAO:EGOV) is anairport owned by theIsle of Anglesey County Council on land leased from theDefence Infrastructure Organisation. The airport is situated atLlanfair-yn-Neubwll inAnglesey, Wales. The leased site is part ofRAF Valley.
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Plans put forward in early 2006 by the National Assembly for Wales (now theSenedd) led to a subsidised weekday air service between the airport andCardiff Airport, 12 miles west of the Welsh capital, in the hope of improving the economy of Anglesey andNorth Wales in general. A twice daily service began in May 2007, with a journey time of around one hour. The route was variously operated byLinks Air,Citywing, andEastern Airways (on behalf ofFlybe).[3][4] The route was suspended in March 2020 following the onset of theCOVID-19 pandemic.[5] In June 2022, the Welsh Government announced that it would no longer subsidise the route, and service was withdrawn permanently.[6]
The passenger terminal is a single storey building consisting of acheck-in desk, departure lounge and baggage handling areas as well as other visitor information areas. The terminal, completed in 2007, was designed by MAP architects and cost £1,000,000.[7] The publicly funded building contract was given to the construction companyYorkon. The building was built off site and brought to the airport when finished.
The airport's principalstakeholders are RAF Valley, the Welsh Government, theIsle of Anglesey County Council andCardiff Airport. The airport is contract managed and operated by Bilfinger Europa Facility Management Limited, a UK subsidiary ofBilfinger, a publicly quoted enterprise on theGerman stock exchange.
In March 2018, flights between Anglesey Airport and Cardiff Airport were suspended due to a fatal crash of aHawk aircraft from theRed Arrows. Domestic flights were being diverted toHawarden Airport inFlintshire with coaches transporting passengers between Valley and Hawarden.[8]
| Year | Destination | Passengers handled | Percentage Change |
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| 2007 | Cardiff | 8,553 |  Airport Opens |
| 2008 | Cardiff | 13,471 |  58% |
| 2009 | Cardiff | 11,846 |  12% |
| 2010 | Cardiff | 7,816 | 34% |
| 2011 | Cardiff | 9,605 | 13% |
| 2012 | Cardiff | 8,594 | 11% |
| 2013 | Cardiff | 8,540 | <1% |
| 2014 | Cardiff | 8,786 | 3% |
| 2015 | Cardiff | 10,860 | 24% |
| 2016 | Cardiff | 9,187 | 15% |
| 2017 | Cardiff | 13,045 | 42% |
| 2018 | Cardiff | 14,629 | 12% |
| 2019 | Cardiff | 13,593 | 7% |
| 2020 | Cardiff | 34 | 100% |
Source:UK Civil Aviation Authority
The airport is located less than two miles from theA55 North Wales Expressway linkingHolyhead andChester. The airport has a car park for passengers on the airport's former scheduled flights to Cardiff. The nearest railway station isValley. Arriva Bus services link the airport to bothValley andHolyhead.
