# MOD St Athan (EGSY)

**MOD St Athan** (ICAO: EGSY) is a medium airport in St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. It closed in 2006. It has one runway, 1,828 m (5,997 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Royal Air Force. In 2002 it handled 9 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / EGSY
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
- Closed: 2006
- Elevation: 50 m / 163 ft
- Coordinates: 51.4052, -3.4333
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,828 m / 5,997 ft
- Passengers: 8,908 (2002)
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOD_St_Athan (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3565572
- Weather station: EGSY
- Ident: EGDX

## Timeline

- 2006: MOD St Athan closes.
- 1 Apr 2019: Cardiff Airport becomes the operator. https://dromopedia.com/airports/egff.md

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 1,828 m / 5,997 ft | 43 m / 141 ft | Asphalt | 073° / 253° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1997 | 55 | Eurostat |
| 1998 | 46,092 | Eurostat |
| 1999 | 74,641 | Eurostat |
| 2000 | 60,736 | Eurostat |
| 2001 | 32,435 | Eurostat |
| 2002 | 8,908 | Eurostat |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 9K (2002) | #2,732 of 3,974 | #562 in Europe | #42 in GB |
| Longest runway | 1,828 m / 5,997 ft | =4,726 of 29,858 | #824 in Europe | #66 in GB |
| Elevation | 50 m / 163 ft | =34,953 of 43,403 | =4,535 in Europe | =377 in GB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =120 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 126.625 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 34.045 |
| GND | GND | 24.112 |
| MISC | CARDIFF ATIS | 132.475 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.125 |

## Nearby airports

- [CWL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egff.md) Cardiff International Airport · 6.3 km / 3.9 mi
- [SWS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egfh.md) Swansea Airport · 49 km / 31 mi
- [BRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggd.md) Bristol Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [EGDC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egdc.md) Royal Marines Base Chivenor · 61 km / 38 mi
- [YEO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egdy.md) RNAS Yeovilton · 71 km / 44 mi
- [EXT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egte.md) Exeter International Airport · 75 km / 46 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [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/egdx/data