Anglesey Airport Maes Awyr Ynys Môn RAF Valley
IATA: VLY ICAO: EGOV
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Operator	Bilfinger Europa Facility Management Limited
Serves	Anglesey Gwynedd
Location	Llanfair yn Neubwll, Isle of Anglesey
Elevation AMSL	37 ft / 11 m
Coordinates	53°14′53″N 004°32′07″W / 53.24806°N 4.53528°W / 53.24806; -4.53528
Website	[1]
Map
EGOV Location of airport in Anglesey
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 01/19 1,639 5,377 Asphalt 08/26 1,280 4,200 Asphalt 14/32 2,290 7,513 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Anglesey Airport (Welsh: Maes Awyr Ynys Môn) (IATA: VLY, ICAO: EGOV) is an airport owned by the Isle of Anglesey County Council on land leased from the Defence Infrastructure Organisation. The airport is situated at Llanfair-yn-Neubwll in Anglesey, Wales. The leased site is part of RAF Valley.

History

Plans put forward in early 2006 by the National Assembly for Wales (now the Senedd) led to a subsidised weekday air service between the airport and Cardiff Airport, 12 miles west of the Welsh capital, in the hope of improving the economy of Anglesey and North Wales in general. A twice daily service began in May 2007, with a journey time of around one hour. The route was variously operated by Links Air, Citywing, and Eastern Airways (on behalf of Flybe).^[3][4] The route was suspended in March 2020 following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5] In June 2022, the Welsh Government announced that it would no longer subsidise the route, and service was withdrawn permanently.^[6]

The passenger terminal is a single storey building consisting of a check-in desk, departure lounge and baggage handling areas as well as other visitor information areas. The terminal, completed in 2007, was designed by MAP architects and cost £1,000,000.^[7] The publicly funded building contract was given to the construction company Yorkon. The building was built off site and brought to the airport when finished.

The airport's principal stakeholders are RAF Valley, the Welsh Government, the Isle of Anglesey County Council and Cardiff Airport. The airport is contract managed and operated by Bilfinger Europa Facility Management Limited, a UK subsidiary of Bilfinger, a publicly quoted enterprise on the German stock exchange.

In March 2018, flights between Anglesey Airport and Cardiff Airport were suspended due to a fatal crash of a Hawk aircraft from the Red Arrows. Domestic flights were being diverted to Hawarden Airport in Flintshire with coaches transporting passengers between Valley and Hawarden.^[8]

Statistics

Passenger numbers for flights to Cardiff from Anglesey Airport

Year	Destination	Passengers handled	Percentage Change
2007	Cardiff	8,553	Airport Opens
2008	Cardiff	13,471	58%
2009	Cardiff	11,846	12%
2010	Cardiff	7,816	34%
2011	Cardiff	9,605	13%
2012	Cardiff	8,594	11%
2013	Cardiff	8,540	<1%
2014	Cardiff	8,786	3%
2015	Cardiff	10,860	24%
2016	Cardiff	9,187	15%
2017	Cardiff	13,045	42%
2018	Cardiff	14,629	12%
2019	Cardiff	13,593	7%
2020	Cardiff	34	100%

^{Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority}

Ground transport

The airport is located less than two miles from the A55 North Wales Expressway linking Holyhead and Chester. The airport has a car park for passengers on the airport's former scheduled flights to Cardiff. The nearest railway station is Valley. Arriva Bus services link the airport to both Valley and Holyhead.