# Royal Marines Base Chivenor, Chivenor, United Kingdom

**Royal Marines Base Chivenor** is a medium airport in Chivenor, England, United Kingdom. It opened on 25 Oct 1940. It has one runway, 1,833 m (6,014 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Royal Marines.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/egdc

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Royal Marines
- Serves: Chivenor, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 25 Oct 1940
- Elevation: 8 m / 27 ft
- Coordinates: 51.0872, -4.1503
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,833 m / 6,014 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/our-organisation/where-we-are/marines-base/chivenor
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RM_Chivenor (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7374450
- Weather station: EGDC · WMO 03707
- Ident: EGDC

## Timeline

- 25 Oct 1940: Royal Marines Base Chivenor opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 1,833 m / 6,014 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt | 090° / 270° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,833 m / 6,014 ft | =4,502 of 29,858 | #814 in Europe | #60 in GB |
| Elevation | 8 m / 27 ft | =40,737 of 43,403 | =5,487 in Europe | #584 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =538 in Europe | =82 in GB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =120 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | RDO | 130.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [SWS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egfh.md) Swansea Airport · 57 km / 36 mi
- [EGSY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egdx.md) MOD St Athan · 61 km / 38 mi
- [EXT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egte.md) Exeter International Airport · 65 km / 40 mi
- [CWL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egff.md) Cardiff International Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [NQY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eghq.md) Cornwall Airport Newquay · 93 km / 58 mi
- [HAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egfe.md) Haverfordwest Airport · 100 km / 62 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/egdc/data