RAF Fairwood Common
| RAF Fairwood Common | |||||||||||
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| Located on Fairwood Common, on the Gower Peninsula, previously Glamorgan, in Wales | |||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station *Sector Station 1941-49 | ||||||||||
| Code | FC | ||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command * No. 10 Group RAF | ||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°36′19″N 004°04′04″W / 51.60528°N 4.06778°W | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1940/41 | ||||||||||
| In use | June 1941 – 1949 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
| Designations | Within Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 82 metres (269 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Fairwood Common, or more simply RAF Fairwood Common, (IATA: EGFH, ICAO: SWS) is a former Royal Air Force sector station located on Fairwood Common, on the Gower Peninsula, to the west of Swansea. It is now the location of Swansea Airport.