Haverfordwest Airport
airport in the United Kingdom
Haverfordwest Airport (Welsh: Maes Awyr Hwlffordd) (IATA: HAW, ICAO: EGFE), also known as Withybush Airport, is a minor airport located 2 NM (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) north of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. It is on the site of the former RAF Haverfordwest, which was operational between 1943 and 1945. Pembrokeshire County Council bought the site in the 1950s, and it has been a civil airfield since, with a number of other organisations also using it.
Operations
Haverfordwest Airport has been licensed by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), since 1974. It has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P595) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction, as authorised by the licensee, Pembrokeshire County Council. On 4 April 2025, the Council granted a lease to Haverfordwest Airport Limited to manage and operate the airport. Outside CAA-licensed opening hours, Haverfordwest operates unlicensed.
Fixed wing light aircraft experience flights and flying lessons are conducted by Fly Wales. The airport has two runways: 03/21 and 09/27.
The Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm use the airport for refuelling their helicopters, when undertaking training exercises at the Pendine and Castlemartin ranges.
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