page_title: RAF Pengam Moors
section_title: Post-war
hierarchical_section_title: RAF Pengam Moors / History / Post-war
caption_attribution_description: BEA Sikorsky S-51 G-AJHW in 1953
context_page_description: Royal Air Force Pengam Moors or more simply RAF Pengham Moors is a former Royal Air Force station and maintenance unit, located on the Pengam Moors area of Tremorfa, 2 miles south east of Cardiff city centre in Wales from June 1938 to January 1946. It was also known as RAF Cardiff
  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.
context_section_description: In January 1946 RAF Pengam Moors was closed as a military establishment. The facility was handed back to Cardiff City Council and civilian flying recommenced from the airfield with the principal operator being Cambrian Air Services (later renamed Cambrian Airways), although it never regained the number of routes that had existed pre-war, as passenger aircraft were now larger and the short runway inadequate. During 1950 British European Airways operated an experimental helicopter scheduled service via Wrexham to Liverpool's Speke Airport.
  The airfield became redundant when all civilian flying was transferred on 1 April 1954 to the expanding facility at the new Rhoose Airport that was being developed on the site of the former RAF Rhoose. The longer runways at Rhoose were more suitable for jet passenger aircraft and its remote location meant less noise problems over built up city areas.
  The Pengam Moors airfield site (now more commonly known as 'Pengam Green') has largely been turned over to residential and industrial uses including a Rover car parts factory, a Tesco Extra supermarket and Willows High School; although there are almost no signs remaining of its former use, apart from a few of the original buildings and road layouts still remain. Residential streets on the site bear names that hint at its history - including Runway Road, De Havilland Road, Handley Road and Avro Close. Cardiff Bus runs a dedicated 11 service that operates between the city centre and Pengam Green, terminating at the Tesco Extra supermarket. Due to its close proximity to the Rhymney River, Cardiff Council have started to produce plans to improve the river's defenses to prevent the area from flooding.
caption: British European Airways Sikorsky S-51 helicopter used on the 1950 service via Wrexham to Liverpool Speke Airport
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