St Athan Royal Air Force Base
Ministry of Defence St Athan or MOD St Athan, formerly known as Royal Air Force St Athan, or more simply RAF St Athan, is a large Ministry of Defence unit near the village of St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, southern Wales.
- Aerodrome
- …lies at an elevation of 161 feet (49 metres)
- …has the IATA airport code DGX
- …has the ICAO airport code EGSY
- …is operated by St Athan
- Description: UK military establishment in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
- Also known as“DGX”“EGDX”“EGSY”“MOD St Athan”“RAF St Athan”“Saint Athan Airport”“St Athan RAFB”
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St Athan Royal Air Force Base
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Latitude
51.40436° or 51° 24′ 16″ north
Longitude
-3.43233° or 3° 25′ 56″ west
Open location code
9C3RCH39+P3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway = aerodrome
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“St Athan Royal Air Force Base” goes by many names.
St Athan Royal Air Force BaseCebuano
聖安東基地Chinese
聖安森國防部設施Chinese
聖阿森國防部基地Chinese
DGXIndonesian
EGDXIndonesian
MODセントアサンJapanese
Pangkalan Udara St AthanMalay
Pengkalan Udara St AthanMalay
فرودگاه وزارت دفاع بریتانیا در سنت آتانPersian
MOD St AthanSlovenian
RAF St AthanSwedish
St Athan Royal Air Force BaseSwedish
Фурудгоҳи визорат дифоъ биретонеё дар суннат отонTajik
Maes Awyr Sain TathanWelsh
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