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Caernarfon Airport

Booking a flying day or experience in the most northerly point of Wales is easily arranged at Caernarfon Airport. Take in the stunning North Welsh coast, overlooking Anglesey, Bangor and Holyhead and the Irish Sea from many feet up in the air across a range of exciting fixed-wing Aircraft, Helicopters and Microlights for both rides and lessons. All available to book via gift vouchers or dates on our regularly updated Events calendars from FlyDays.

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Caernarfon Airport is open daily from 9am - 5pm. If you are planning on landing your own aircraft at the airport, then there are landing fees, as follows:

  • Microlight Aircraft: Weekday - £10.00 / Weekend & Bank Holidays - £15.00
  • Single Piston Engine Aircraft: Weekday - £15.00 / Weekend & Bank Holidays - £20.00
  • Twin Piston Engine Aircraft: Weekday - £25.00 / Weekend & Bank Holidays - £30.00

The airport’s on-site cafe, which is run by staff of the Wales Air Ambulance, is open daily at the same times, 9am - 5pm, from which refreshments can be purchased. Please note some or all of the flying experiences below at Caernarfon Airport may be run by an independent operator and the flight dates will be subject to availability.

Caernarfon Airport
Dinas Dinlle
Caernarfon
Gwynedd
LL54 5TP

Caernarfon Airport is situated near the village of Llandwrog, easily accessible from the A499 road via the connecting roundabout junction of the A487 road at Dolydd. This offers it fantastic links to other surrounding towns in North Wales, including Anglesey, Bangor and Colwyn Bay. The nearest train station is Abererch, and a taxi from the station to the airport takes just half an hour.

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02/20
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Flying Experiences at Caernarfon Airport

60 Minute Nationwide Microlight Flight Plus Briefing Experience from flydays.co.uk
60 Minute Nationwide Microlight Flight Plus Briefing
Take flight for 60 minutes in a Microlight, with full pre-flight briefing at our biggest selection of UK airfields, all of which have microlighting c ...
£169.00
30 Minute Nationwide Microlight Flight Plus Briefing Experience from flydays.co.uk
30 Minute Nationwide Microlight Flight Plus Briefing
Get to know one of the lightest ways to enjoying a flying experience, with this 30 Minute Flight in a Microlight, including Briefing, available at a ...
£99.00
20 Minute Nationwide Microlight Flight Plus Briefing Experience from flydays.co.uk
20 Minute Nationwide Microlight Flight Plus Briefing
If you’re after a great value way to get introduced to the delights of Microlighting, then this 20 Minute Flight, including Briefing, hosted at a mul ...
£79.00

Flying Experiences in Wales

30 Minute Flying Lesson - Nationwide Venues Experience from flydays.co.uk
30 Minute Flying Lesson - Nationwide Venues
Choose a location from one of the available Nationwide flying clubs to have a 30 minute Flying Lesson. There is no better way to take the first steps ...
£99.00
UK City Helicopter Tour for Two Experience from flydays.co.uk
UK City Helicopter Tour for Two
Take a thrilling helicopter tour of the most picturesque cities in the UK and experience the breathtaking view of the world from above. The choppers ...
£225.00
UK City Helicopter Tour for One Experience from flydays.co.uk
UK City Helicopter Tour for One
Experience the breathtaking view of the world from above by taking a thrilling helicopter tour of the most picturesque cities in the UK. The helicopt ...
£125.00
Helicopter Flight with Bubbly and Chocolates for Two Experience from flydays.co.uk
Helicopter Flight with Bubbly and Chocolates for Two
Take to the skies with a Helicopter Flight with Bubbly and Chocolate for two. Pick a venue near you for your helicopter experience. During your fligh ...
£79.00
Helicopter Flight with Bubbly and Chocolates for One Experience from flydays.co.uk
Helicopter Flight with Bubbly and Chocolates for One
Take to the skies with a Helicopter Flight with Bubbly and Chocolate for one. Pick a venue near you for your helicopter experience. During your fligh ...
£49.00
Magic Mountains Experience from flydays.co.uk
Magic Mountains
See the beautiful Welsh landscape from up high in a 30 Minute, Magic and Mountains Helicopter Flight. You will take to the skies in a Robinson R44 he ...
£175.00
Giants & Waterfalls Helicopter Tour Experience from flydays.co.uk
Giants & Waterfalls Helicopter Tour
See the beautiful Welsh landscape from up high in a 15 Minute Giants and Waterfalls Helicopter Flight. You will take to the skies in a Robinson R44 h ...
£89.00
Exclusive Welshpool Heli Buzz for Three Experience from flydays.co.uk
Exclusive Welshpool Heli Buzz for Three
Take off with an exclusive Welshpool helicopter buzz for three. See the Welsh countryside from above with a 5 minute flight. Whizz past landmarks in ...
£109.00

Information About Caernarfon Airport

Overlooking the most beautiful stretch of Welsh coastline, Caernarfon Airport is an immensely popular destination for aviation enthusiasts in the North of Wales to enjoy some time thousands of feet up in the air with our range of flying days and experiences at FlyDays.

Situated close to the most northerly point of Wales, Caernarfon Airport began life in World War II, when it was a base for the Royal Air Force known as RAF Llandwrog. Opened at the beginning of 1941, it was initially the main base for the No. 9 Air Gunnery School.

They were equipped with a number of Avro Anson training aircraft and Armstrong Whitworth Whiteley bomber planes. However, just two days after opening, a strafing from a German Junker Ju 88 plane saw to it that one of these was written off.

Later on that same year, some of the No. 11 Service Flying Training School, who were Airspeed Oxford trainers, were deployed to RAF Llandwrog in order to complete their students’ requirements for night flying.

Military activities at the site ceased in June 1945, following the end of WWII. It was to be over twenty years later, in 1969, when private civil aviation recommenced and the air base changed over to the name we know it as today, ahead of the investiture of HRH Prince Charles of Wales at the nearby castle.

Many of the wartime buildings still remain on site at Caernarfon to this day, along with two of its original Asphalt runways; the first, an unlicensed one, measuring 1080 x 4 metres, and the second measuring 932 x 4 metres.

As well as being home to the North Wales Flying Academy, a Microlight school and one of three Wales Air Ambulance helicopters, the airport is also the home of the Airworld Aviation Museum. Formerly known as the Caernarfon Airworld Museum, it was first opened in 1988.

Open from March to October annually, the museum houses a vast collection of wartime aircraft - including Hunters, Seahawks, Javelins and Vampires, and a Westland Whirlwind helicopter - that are all on display here, as well as an exhibit focussing on RAF Llandwrog’s role as a base for one of the RAF’s first ever Mountain Rescue teams.

The museum is run as a charitable organisation, and has a dedicated team of volunteers who help out, as well as a helicopter simulator, a gift shop and on-site cafe which is run by the staff of the Wales Air Ambulance.

Microlighting at Caernarfon

Being close to the Irish sea, and along the most northerly stretch of Welsh coastline, there’s no better aircraft suited to taking in all that sea air at Caernarfon than a Microlight, one of the lightest but surprisingly powerful fixed wing aircraft around.

With a selection of introductory ‘taster’ sessions and Microlight lessons to choose from, once you get up and away in these mini but mighty machines you’ll soon discover just what great fun they are to fly.

First Flights Above North Wales

The North Wales Flying Academy is based at Caernarfon Airport, which offers fantastic opportunities to get airborne and realise those aviation dreams or tick off an item on your bucket list with our range of Flying Lessons packages.

With an expert, CAA approved instructor joining you in the cockpit of a two-seater aeroplane, your first 30 or 60 minute lesson piloting and flying a plane for the first time will also count towards the experience you need to obtain your Private Pilot’s Licence.

Booking to Fly at Caernarfon Airport

Finding a perfect gift idea for the flying enthusiast in your life is so easy to do with FlyDays. Our open gift vouchers can be put towards any of the experiences we have available at Caernarfon, to be used at a later time or date to suit them or treat yourself with.

Our Events calendars for each of the experiences are also regularly updated with new availability from our suppliers, so if there’s a forthcoming date you like the look of you can also book directly onto it, and get ready for the flight of your life above North Wales.

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