Anglesey Airport


Anglesey Airport is a disused airport situated at Llanfair-yn-Neubwll in Anglesey, Wales. The airport is owned by the Isle of Anglesey County Council on land leased from the Defence Infrastructure Organisation. The leased site is part of RAF Valley.
WWW anglesey.gov.uk/transport...

History

Plans put forward in early 2006 by the National Assembly for Wales 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. The route was suspended in March 2020 following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2022, the Welsh Government announced that it would no longer subsidise the route, and service was withdrawn permanently.
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. 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.
When operational, the airport's principal stakeholders were RAF Valley, the Welsh Government, the Isle of Anglesey County Council and Cardiff Airport. The airport was 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 May 2024, in response to a freedom of information request, Isle of Anglesey County Council stated that the airport had closed.

Statistics

YearDestinationPassengers handledPercentage Change
2007Cardiff8,553 Airport Opens
2008Cardiff13,471 58%
2009Cardiff11,846 12%
2010Cardiff7,816 34%
2011Cardiff9,605 13%
2012Cardiff8,594 11%
2013Cardiff8,540 <1%
2014Cardiff8,786 3%
2015Cardiff10,860 24%
2016Cardiff9,187 15%
2017Cardiff13,045 42%
2018Cardiff14,629 12%
2019Cardiff13,593 7%
2020Cardiff34 100%

Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority

Accidents and incidents

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.

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. Arriva Bus services link the airport to both and Holyhead.