RAF Pengam Moors

RAF Pengam Moors
RAF Cardiff – 43 MU
RAF Pengam Moors; RAF Cardiff – 43 MU
Tremorfa, Cardiff in Wales
	RAF Pengam Moors from the air. The two Bellman hangars can be seen at top left of picture.
	RAF Pengam Moors Shown within Cardiff RAF Pengam Moors RAF Pengam Moors (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates	51°29′08″N 03°07′56″W
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Maintenance Command
Site history
Built	1938
In use	1938-1946
Battles/wars	Second World War
Airfield information
Runways
NE/SW	853 metres (2,799 ft) Concrete

Royal Air Force Pengam Moors, or more simply RAF Pengam Moors, (or also known as RAF Cardiff), is a former Royal Air Force station and maintenance unit (MU), located on the Pengam Moors area of Tremorfa, situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south east of Cardiff city centre in Wales, from June 1938 to January 1946.

Prior to RAF service the site served as a private aerodrome later called Cardiff Municipal Airport. After the Second World War the airfield reverted to private commercial flying until closure in 1954 when all services were transferred to the larger Rhoose Airport. The runway has since been removed and the site has been covered with industrial units, private housing and a school, with the names of many roads reflecting the previous history as an airfield.

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