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| ICAO Code | EGOV/VLY |
| Last Validated | 2025-05 |
| City | Valley |
| Position | 53°14'53"N 004°32'07"W |
| Runway(s) | 01/19, 13/31 |
| Elevation | 36 ft |
RAF Valley is a Royal Air Force station on the island of Anglesey, Wales. The Station opened on 13 February 1941, in No 9 Group, Fighter Command, and for the first few weeks it was called RAF Rhosneigr after one of the nearby villages, but was re-named Royal Air Force Valley on 5 April 1941. It housed Czech and Australian RAF squadrons. Nowadays, it provides advanced pilot training using the Hawk and Texan for fixed-wing, and Juno and Jupiter for rotorcraft. No. 4 Flying Training School takes RAF and Royal Navy pilots from 1 FTS at RAF Linton-on-Ouse and trains them to fly fast jets, prior to training on an Operational Conversion Unit. 4 FTS is divided into two squadrons; 208sq provides the advanced flying training, students then moving onto 19sq to receive tactics and weapons training.
The airfield is also known as the commercial Anglesey Airport, but lost its scheduled service in June 2022 as the Welsh government terminated its subsidy.
Situated along Cymyran Bay, the base has two runways left from the previous three, with the longer one running northwest to southeast. The shorter one is more is less north-south oriented. There are four larger aprons, divided around the runway junction(s), with most facilities at the northeastern part of the field - including the civil terminal. The fence can be approached on many sides, albeit for a large part just on foot or bike.
The motorway network and the A55 road along the North Wales coast offers dual carriageway access right across the island or if you are travelling from the south you may prefer the A5 that takes you through the mountains of North Wales. It will be a two hour drive from Birmingham. Leave the A55 and the A5 at exit 4 towards Llanfihangel Yn Nwowyn.
Ian Watson caught this Texan landing on runway 19 in the morning, from spot 8.
This fine study of a Hawk approaching runway 31 was made by Nico van der Steen at spot 1.
| 369.500 / 122.100 | Ground |
| 389.275 / 122.100 | Tower |
| 269.100 / 125.230 | Radar |
| 266.125 / 125.230 | Approach |
| 363.650 / 123.300 / 125.230 | Director |
| 313.550 / 123.300 | Talkdown |
| 120.730 | ATIS |
| 1 FTS / 202sq | Juno HT1 Jupiter HT1 |
| 3 FTS / 72sq | Texan T1 |
| 4 FTS / IVsq | Hawk T2 |
| 4 FTS / XXV(F)sq | Hawk T2 |
| XX156 | Hawk T1 as gate guard |
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