Airport details

RAF Mona

Mona, United Kingdom Europe

ICAO EGOQ 1 runways
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Airport information

Dataset record
IATA
-
ICAO
EGOQ
Elevation
202 ft / 62 m
Runways
1
Longest runway
5,180 ft / 1,579 m
Main surface
Asphalt
Timezone
Unknown
Coordinates
53.258598, -4.37355

Location

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Weather snapshot

Europe/London · Updated Sat 7 Nov, 02:00

Open-Meteo

Overcast now, with temperatures around 4°C to 11°C (39°F to 52°F) today and up to 30% rain risk.

Current
Overcast
Temperature
8°C
46°F
Humidity
94%
Wind
3 km/h 2 mph
Local time
02:10
Sunrise
07:27
Sunset
16:34

Today

Overcast

4°C to 11°C 39°F to 52°F

Rain 30%
Wind 8 km/h 5 mph

Sun

Overcast

4°C to 11°C 38°F to 52°F

Rain 24%
Wind 10 km/h 6 mph

Mon

Overcast

3°C to 8°C 37°F to 47°F

Rain 2%
Wind 16 km/h 10 mph

Airline service

Routes dataset

No airline route coverage data is currently available for this airport.

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About

From Wikipedia

RAF Mona

Royal Air Force Mona, or more simplyRAF Mona, (ICAO:EGOQ) is a Royal Air Force station near Bodffordd on the island of Anglesey, Wales. It is primarily used as a relief landing ground for RAF Valley.

RAF Mona is also the home of Mona Flying Club who operate some evenings and most weekends.

This location was first used for aviation during the First World War when the Royal Naval Air Service opened an airship base here namedRoyal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Anglesey(also known asRNAS Bodffordd,RNAS GwalchmaiandRNAS Llangefni).

RNAS Anglesey was commissioned on 26 September 1915, when it was operated by 14 Group RNAS, operating SS18, an SS class airship, which was later joined by airships SS22, SS24 and SS25. The station had in a large airship hangar, 120 by 318 feet (37 m × 97 m) long, workshops, hydrogen gas production sheds and accommodation huts. The airships, which could drop bombs, escorted ships and patrolled for enemy submarines in the central section of the Irish Sea between Bardsey Is...

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RAF Mona

Country

United Kingdom

Official name
United Kingdom

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