Airports / United Kingdom / EGSY
MOD St Athan
EGSYSt Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, United KingdomELEV 163 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
3 nm
To the nearest alternate
Cardiff International Airport (CWL) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom, MOD St Athan (EGSY) operates as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 163 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
EGSY has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Cardiff International Airport (CWL, 3 nm), Swansea Airport (SWS, 27 nm), and Bristol Airport (BRS, 27 nm).
Quotes for flights out of EGSY vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as RAF St Athan and St Athan Air Base. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from EGSY, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
EGSY
IATA
—
FAA / Local
EGSY
Elevation
163 ft
Coordinates
51.4052° N · 3.4333° 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 163 ft, EGSY sits higher than 57% 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.
- 3nmCWLCardiff International AirportCardiff
- 27nmSWSSwansea AirportSwansea
- 27nmBRSBristol AirportBristol
- 33nmEGDCRoyal Marines Base ChivenorChivenor
- 38nmYEORNAS YeoviltonYeovil, Somerset
- 40nmEXTExeter International AirportExeter, Devon
Location
Open the full mapEGDX · MOD St Athan · St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom