EGDY

E68174

ICAO airport code Royal Navy air station Royal Navy shore establishment military air base

EGDY is the ICAO airport code for RNAS Yeovilton, a major Royal Navy air station in Somerset, England.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ICAO airport code → Royal Navy air station → Royal Navy shore establishment → military air base →
appliesTo	RNAS Yeovilton →
assignedBy	International Civil Aviation Organization →
controlledBy	Royal Navy →
country	United Kingdom → United Kingdom →
elevation	75 feet →
garrison	Yeovilton →
hasAlternativeName	HMS Heron →
hasFixedWingType	Britten-Norman Defender →
hasHelicopterType	AgustaWestland Wildcat → Merlin HC3/4 →
hasIATACode	YEO →
hasICAOCode	EGDY →
hasRole	fixed-wing operations → front line helicopter operations → military aviation training →
hasRunway	04/22 → 09/27 →
hostsEvent	Yeovilton Air Day →
hostsUnit	Commando Helicopter Force → Royal Navy Wildcat squadrons →
identifies	RNAS Yeovilton →
locatedIn	England → England → Somerset → Somerset →
locatedNear	Yeovil →
opened	1940 →
operatedBy	Fleet Air Arm → Royal Navy →
partOf	Royal Navy Air Station network →
primaryFunction	Fleet Air Arm operations →
refersTo	RNAS Yeovilton →
region	South West England →
runway04/22Length	1830 metres →
runway09/27Length	2744 metres →
runwaySurface	asphalt →
usedBy	Army Air Corps → Royal Marines → Royal Navy →
usedDuring	Second World War →
usedFor	air traffic control identification →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
RNAS Yeovilton → RNAS Yeovilton → YEO →	hasICAOCode
RNAS Yeovilton →	ICAOcode