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Swansea Airport (EGFH) sits on Fairwood Common on the Gower Peninsula, about six miles west of Swansea city centre, on the site of the former RAF Fairwood Common. It is a small, volunteer-run general aviation field offering flight training, aircraft experience flights and microlight instruction, with two hard runways available to visiting pilots subject to prior permission.
Swansea Airport, ICAO code EGFH, occupies Fairwood Common on the Gower Peninsula in South Wales, close to the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Formerly RAF Fairwood Common, the airfield has passed through periods as a commercial regional airport and is now run mainly by volunteers, supporting flying training, aircraft experience flights and light aviation businesses. For a simulator pilot it offers an interesting mix of wartime heritage, a scenic coastal setting on the Gower, and straightforward VFR general aviation operations.
The airport lies in the middle of Fairwood Common on the Gower Peninsula, roughly six miles (about 9.7 km) west of Swansea, Wales. It is reached by road via the A4118 through the Gower Peninsula and sits away from the main trunk road network, in an area otherwise dominated by open common land and the Gower coastline.
Swansea has two paired hard runways, both lit. Runway 04/22 is the longer of the pair, at 4,632 ft from the 04 threshold and 4,328 ft from the 22 threshold. Runway 10/28 is shorter, measuring 2,932 ft from the 10 threshold and 2,716 ft from the 28 threshold. Field elevation is 266 ft, and there is no ILS approach available.
Swansea provides an Air/Ground (A/G) radio service on 119.7 MHz. There is no published instrument landing system, and no other navaids are noted for the field.
The airfield lies within Fairwood Common on the Gower Peninsula, a distinctive area of open common land and coastline that stands out from the surrounding countryside and provides a useful visual cue when approaching from the Swansea area.
Swansea Airport was built during the Second World War on what was then common land, as RAF Fairwood Common. The RAF decommissioned the airfield in the spring of 1949, after which private flying began that July with the formation of the Swansea Flying Club at the renamed Fairwood Common Airfield. The airfield subsequently hosted air races and motor and motorcycle racing events. In 1957 Swansea Corporation permitted Cambrian Airways to operate the airport commercially on its behalf. The airport has held a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P867) permitting public transport flights and flying instruction, though this licence was suspended by the CAA in February 2023 following systemic safety failings, leading to legal proceedings between the City and County of Swansea as landlord and the then operator. A new operator, the Swansea Airport Stakeholders' Alliance, subsequently took on running the airport, and by late 2025 a CAA operating licence had been granted once again.
Swansea Airport today is run largely by volunteers and is home to the Cambrian Flying Club, which conducts fixed-wing light aircraft experience flights and flying lessons, and the Gower Flight Centre, which provides microlight flying lessons. Other operators based at or flying from the field include a tandem skydiving operation, a Spitfire experience flight business, and a wingwalking and aerobatic display operator. Fuel is available on the field, with 100LL priced at £2.15 per litre including VAT and Jet A1 at £1.45 per litre excluding VAT at the time of writing. Visiting pilots require prior permission (PPR) before flying in. On the ground there is a cafe and a small gift shop, and the airport publishes local guidance on drone use and noise awareness for the surrounding community.
