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RAF Fairwood Common | |||||||||||
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Located on Fairwood Common, on the Gower Peninsula, previously Glamorgan, Near Swansea, 5 miles (8.0 km) east[1] in Wales | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°36′19″N 004°04′04″W / 51.60528°N 4.06778°W | ||||||||||
Type | Royal Air Force station *Sector Station 1941-49 | ||||||||||
Code | FC | ||||||||||
Site information | |||||||||||
Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command * No. 10 Group RAF | ||||||||||
Site history | |||||||||||
Built | 1940 | /41||||||||||
In use | June 1941 – 1949 | ||||||||||
Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
Designations | Within Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales | ||||||||||
Airfield information | |||||||||||
Elevation | 82 metres (269 ft)[2] AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Fairwood Common, or more simply RAF Fairwood Common, (IATA: EGFH, ICAO: SWS) is a former Royal Air Force Sector Station located on Fairwood Common, on the Gower Peninsula, to the west of Swansea. It is now the location of Swansea Airport.