RAF Llandwrog

RAF Llandwrog
In the community of Llandwrog, near to Caernarfon, Gwynedd in Wales
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Coordinates	53°06′15″N 004°20′25″W / 53.10417°N 4.34028°W / 53.10417; -4.34028
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Flying Training Command *No. 25 Group RAF
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)
Built by	Alfred McAlpine
In use	1941–1946 (1946)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Garrison information
Occupants	1944 Officers - 138 (4 WAAF) Other Ranks - 1,176 (164 WAAF)[1]
Airfield information
Elevation	3 metres (10 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 02/20 1,000 yards (914 m) Asphalt concrete 08/26 1,100 yards (1,006 m) Asphalt concrete 14/32 1,000 yards (914 m) Asphalt concrete

Royal Air Force Llandwrog, or more simply RAF Llandwrog, is a former Royal Air Force station located near the village and in the community of Llandwrog, situated 3.5 miles (6 km) southwest of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales.

The site opened in July 1941 as a RAF Flying Training Command airfield for training gunners, radio operators and navigators, but closed for flying in June 1945.^[2] Between 1946 and 1956 RAF Llandwrog was part of Operation Dismal and Operation Sandcastle,^[3] and it was home to a maintenance unit, No. 277 MU.^[4] It reopened in 1969 and remains in civil operation today as Caernarfon Airport.