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| ICAO Code | EGOV/VLY |
| Last Validated | |
| City | Valley |
| Position | 53°14'53"N 004°32'07"W |
| Runway(s) | 01/19, 08/26, 14/32 |
| Elevation | 37 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 BAE Hawks for pilots. 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.
Valley is also home to a flight of Sea King rescue helicopters. These are busy in the Search and Rescue role, rescuing people from ships in the Irish Sea, from the mountains of nearby Snowdonia and elsewhere. The mountain rescue work in Snowdonia is coordinated with Plas y Brenin, the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation and the RAF Valley Moutain Rescue Teams. It is also known as the commercial airport Anglesey Airport and has a scheduled flight by Highland Airways towards Cardiff International Airport.
The SAR helicopters prefer to train near the airport. At Traeth Beach near Rhoscolyn and the South Stack lighthouse you might be able to make cool pics of a helo during exercises!
The airfield is south of the A55 and located along the beach at the Cymyran Bay.
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.
Martin Greenman took this shot of a JAS-39C Gripen from spot 1, near old fire dump area & SARTU hangar .
This shot of aFrench Alpha Jet E was taken by Martin Greenman from spot 7,
| 266.800 / 122.100 | Ground |
| 257.800 / 268.625 | Tower |
| 122.100 | Tower |
| 264.700 / 125.225 | Radar |
| 362.300 / 379.950 | Approach |
| 125.225 / 134.350 | Approach |
| 120.725 | 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 |
| WV396/91 | Hunter T8C (9294M, gate guard) |
| RAF Valley | Homepage of RAF Valley |
| Aerial view | Aerial view of RAF Valley |
| Anglesey Airport | Official website of the civilian part |
| Paul Markman | More pictures by Paul Markman taken at RAF Valley on Airliners.net |
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