RAF St Davids

The primary reason for closure was military drawdown following the end of World War II. As a purpose-built wartime airfield, its role in anti-submarine warfare and meteorological reconnaissance was no longer required on the same scale, rendering it surplus to the RAF's peacetime requirements.

The site is no longer used for aviation and has been repurposed for multiple uses. The three concrete runways and perimeter track are still clearly visible but are in a state of disrepair. A large portion of the former airfield is now occupied by the Parc Cynog Solar Farm. The remaining tracks and runways are used as a motorsport venue known as the St Davids Circuit, hosting rallies, sprints, and track days. The rest of the land is primarily used for agriculture, including grazing and farming. Some original wartime buildings remain in various conditions, often repurposed for agricultural storage.

RAF St Davids was a significant Royal Air Force Coastal Command airfield during World War II. Opened in 1943 as a satellite station for the nearby RAF Brawdy, its location on the Pembrokeshire coast was strategic for operations over the Atlantic Ocean and the Bay of Biscay. The airfield played a crucial role in the Battle of the Atlantic, hosting squadrons engaged in anti-submarine patrols to protect Allied shipping convoys from German U-boats. A primary unit based here was No. 517 Squadron, which flew modified Handley Page Halifax bombers on long-range meteorological reconnaissance flights. The weather data gathered by these 'met flights' was vital for military planning, most notably contributing to the forecasting for the D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944. Other aircraft types, such as Vickers Wellingtons and Consolidated Liberators, also operated from the airfield on various missions.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening RAF St Davids as an airport. The site's current multi-use status, particularly the presence of a large, permanent solar farm on the airfield grounds and its established use as a motorsport circuit, makes a return to aviation functionally and economically unfeasible. The region's general aviation needs are served by the nearby Haverfordwest Airport (EGFE).