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Royal Marines Base Chivenor
EGDCChivenor, United KingdomELEV 27 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
31 nm
To the nearest alternate
Swansea Airport (SWS) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Royal Marines Base Chivenor, listed as EGDC, is a mid-sized airport in Chivenor, United Kingdom. Field elevation is 27 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list EGDC as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Swansea Airport (SWS, 31 nm), MOD St Athan (EGDX, 33 nm), and Exeter International Airport (EXT, 35 nm).
Trip costs from EGDC are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from EGDC to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
EGDC
IATA
—
FAA / Local
EGDC
Elevation
27 ft
Coordinates
51.0872° N · 4.1503° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs United Kingdom fields
state range 5–1,066 ft
At 27 ft, EGDC sits lower than 84% of the 88 United Kingdom fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 31nmSWSSwansea AirportSwansea
- 33nmEGDXMOD St AthanSt Athan, Vale of Glamorgan
- 35nmEXTExeter International AirportExeter, Devon
- 36nmCWLCardiff International AirportCardiff
- 50nmNQYCornwall Airport NewquayNewquay
- 54nmHAWHaverfordwest AirportHaverfordwest
Location
Open the full mapEGDC · Royal Marines Base Chivenor · Chivenor, United Kingdom