Royal Air Force Fairwood Common, or more simply RAF Fairwood Common, is a former Royal Air Force Sector Station located on Fairwood Common, on the Gower Peninsula, to the west of Swansea. It is now the location of Swansea Airport.
Swansea Airport, what was RAF Fairwood Common
Fitters working on a Rolls-Royce Merlin III aircraft engine of a No. 125 Squadron RAF, Boulton Paul Defiant, at RAF Fairwood Common, January 1942.
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, at the controls of a De Havilland Mosquito F Mk.II, of No. 307 Polish Night Fighter Squadron, during his visit to RAF Fairwood Common.
Supermarine Walrus, an example of the type used by 'D' flight
Swansea Airport is located in the middle of Fairwood Common on the Gower Peninsula 6 miles (9.7 km) to the west of Swansea, Wales.
Swansea Airport
Runway 04 from the cockpit of an aircraft about to land