RNAS Merryfield

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RNAS Merryfield
IATA: N/A - ICAO: EGDW
Summary
Airport type Military
Operator Royal Navy
Serves Ilminster
Elevation AMSL 146 ft (45 m)
Coordinates 50°57′45″N, 002°56′08″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 4,230 1,289 Asphalt
09/27 5,970 1,820 Asphalt
16/34 3,704 1,129 Asphalt

RNAS Merryfield (IATA: N/A, ICAO: EGDW) is an airfield of the Royal Navy. The station is located at the village of Ilton near Ilminster in southwest Somerset, England. The name comes from the ruins of Merryfield House. The station serves as a satellite to the larger RNAS Yeovilton and serves mainly as a training airport for helicopter pilots.

In the 1980s the site was considered as a storgage area for nuclear waste.


Royal Navy Bases
HMNB Devonport | HMNB Clyde | HMNB Portsmouth | RNAS Yeovilton | RNAS Culdrose
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