Airports / United Kingdom / SWS
Swansea Airport
EGFH / SWSSwansea, United KingdomELEV 299 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
27 nm
To the nearest alternate
MOD St Athan (EGDX) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Swansea Airport (EGFH / SWS) is a mid-sized airport serving Swansea, United Kingdom. The field lies at an elevation of 299 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
SWS has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include MOD St Athan (EGDX, 27 nm), Cardiff International Airport (CWL, 30 nm), and Royal Marines Base Chivenor (EGDC, 31 nm).
Quotes for flights out of SWS vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Abertawe and Fairwood Common. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from SWS, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
EGFH
IATA
SWS
FAA / Local
EGFH
Elevation
299 ft
Coordinates
51.6014° N · 4.0710° 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 299 ft, SWS sits higher than 82% 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.
- 27nmEGDXMOD St AthanSt Athan, Vale of Glamorgan
- 30nmCWLCardiff International AirportCardiff
- 31nmEGDCRoyal Marines Base ChivenorChivenor
- 36nmHAWHaverfordwest AirportHaverfordwest
- 52nmBRSBristol AirportBristol
- 58nmEXTExeter International AirportExeter, Devon
Location
Open the full mapEGFH · Swansea Airport · Swansea, United Kingdom