RNAS Merryfield

Infobox Airport
name = RNAS Merryfield
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ICAO = EGDW
type = Military
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operator = Royal Navy
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location = Ilminster
elevation-f = 146
elevation-m = 45
coordinates = Coord|50|57|45|N|002|56|08|W|type:airport
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r1-number = 03/21
r1-length-f = 4,230
r1-length-m = 1,289
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 09/27
r2-length-f = 5,970
r2-length-m = 1,820
r2-surface = Asphalt
r3-number = 16/34
r3-length-f = 3,704
r3-length-m = 1,129
r3-surface = Asphalt
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RNAS Merryfield Airport codes|N/A|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 storage area for nuclear waste.

In more recent years the MoD have let out this airfield for the use of the scouts for camping events. Local cycling clubs also hold races on the perimeter road circuit and runways, including Regional Championships. [ [http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/News2006/20060921_regional_circuit_champs.asp Regional Circuit Champs ] ]

References

* [http://www.uasc.com/documents/navdb/AptDB_Cumulative_Report.pdf Universal Avionics Systems Corporation (PDF)]
* [http://www.ivao.aero/db/ss/airport.asp?id=EGDW RNAS Merryfield information]
* [http://archive.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/2005/6/15/2469.html Newsquest South-West]

External links

* [http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3250 RNAS Merryfield at the Royal Navy]
* [http://www.air-scene-uk.com/hangar/2005/eagles/eagles.htm Air Scene UK - Training exercise at Merryfield and Yeovilton]