Airports / United Kingdom / EGDR
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
24 nm
To the nearest alternate
Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY).
Overview
RNAS Culdrose (EGDR) is a mid-sized airport serving Helston, United Kingdom. Field elevation is 267 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list EGDR as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY, 24 nm), Royal Marines Base Chivenor (EGDC, 73 nm), and Exeter International Airport (EXT, 80 nm).
Trip costs from EGDR 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 EGDR to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
EGDR
IATA
—
FAA / Local
EGDR
Elevation
267 ft
Coordinates
50.0861° N · 5.2557° 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 267 ft, EGDR sits higher than 73% 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.
- 24nmNQYCornwall Airport NewquayNewquay
- 73nmEGDCRoyal Marines Base ChivenorChivenor
- 80nmEXTExeter International AirportExeter, Devon
- 101nmSWSSwansea AirportSwansea
- 103nmLDVLandivisiau Air BaseLandivisiau
- 104nmBESBrest Bretagne airportBrest
Location
Open the full mapEGDR · RNAS Culdrose · Helston, United Kingdom