Welshpool Airport

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{{Infobox airport

| name = Welshpool Airport

| nativename = Mid Wales Airport

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| ICAO = EGCW

| type = Public (licensed)

| owner = Linda Jones

| operator = Mid Wales Airport Ltd

| city-served = Mid Wales & Shropshire

| location = Welshpool, Wales, UK

| elevation-f = 233

| elevation-m = 71

| coordinates = {{coord|52|37|46|N|003|09|09|W|type:airport_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Wales Powys

| pushpin_label = EGCW

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Powys

| metric-rwy = Y

| r1-number = 04/22

| r1-length-m = 1,020

| r1-surface = Asphalt

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| footnotes = Sources: UK AIP at NATS{{cite web | url=http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/public/index.php%3Foption=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=150&Itemid=199.html | title=Welshpool – EGCW | publisher=NATS | access-date=17 October 2015}}

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Welshpool Airport {{Airport codes||EGCW}} (also known as Mid-Wales Airport{{cite web|url=http://tourism.powys.gov.uk/welshpool.php|title=Welshpool|work=Explore Mid Wales|publisher=Powys|access-date=30 January 2014}}) is located {{Convert|2|NM|abbr=on|lk=in}} south of Welshpool, Powys, Wales.

It has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P865) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Mid Wales Airport Limited). The aerodrome is licensed for night use.{{cite web | url=https://www.caa.co.uk/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=4294974561 | title=Ordinary Licences and Boundary Maps: Aerodromes U–Z | publisher=CAA | date=23 November 2007 | access-date=17 October 2015 | pages=7–8}}

The airport is open to the public, with pleasure flights and flying lessons available.

Welshpool airport is one of the bases used by the Wales Air Ambulance.{{cite web | url=http://www.welshpoolairport.co.uk/ | title=Welshpool Airport | date=2012 | access-date=17 October 2015}}

History

Welshpool airport was founded by Bob Jones near the farm he owned. It began operations as a grass strip in 1990 and eventually expanded into a civil aviation aerodrome.{{cite news |title=Bob Jones: Hundreds at service for Mid Wales Airport founder |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-16996346 |publisher=BBC News |date=11 February 2012}}

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