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MOD St Athan

UK military establishment in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
Place Air Base Q3565572

Facts

10 properties

Identity

Instance of
air base, barracks, Royal Air Force station[3][4]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 51.405°, -3.436°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Wales[1]
More facts +6
Described by source
Subterranea Britannica[11]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished
2006[10]
Historic county
Glamorgan[12]
ICAO airport code
EGDX, EGSY[7][8]
Operator
Cardiff Airport, Royal Air Force[5][6]
Runway
07/25[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en DGX en EGDX en EGSY en MOD St Athan en RAF St Athan es RAF Station St Athan fa فرودگاه وزارت دفاع بریتانیا در سنت آتان fr base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni id DGX id EGDX ja MODセントアサン ms Pengkalan Udara St Athan sv St Athan Royal Air Force Base zh 聖安東基地 zh 聖安森國防部設施 zh 聖阿森國防部基地
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Airfield entrance - St Athan - geograph.org.uk - 1516094.jpg ↗
BBC News topic ID
c27968gy256t
BBC Things ID
61169c90-807e-444d-99fa-3a50935ef774
BabelNet ID
03853064n
Freebase ID
/m/03t4nk
GNS Unique Feature ID
14343003
GeoNames ID
6296584
J9U entity ID
987007484734005171
SNARC ID
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TOID
5000005280306819
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
11712, 12371
📚 Sources · 1
  • GeoNames as of 2026-09-26 · 2 statements · CC BY 4.0 CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.

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Elevation above sea levelP2044
49 m 2026-09-26 S/AIRB · GB GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
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Located in time zoneP421
Europe/London 2026-09-26 S/AIRB · GB GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
where from?
Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
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CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
barracks, air base
Operator 2
Royal Air Force, Cardiff Airport
Country 1
United Kingdom
Historic county 1
Glamorgan
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Wales
SNARC ID 1
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . ead.eurocontrol.int. ead.eurocontrol.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Subterranea Britannica
    Instance of → air base, barracks, Royal Air Force station
    Operator → Cardiff Airport, Royal Air Force
    Coordinate location → 51.405°, -3.436°
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [fr] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #38217"
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