Llandegley International Airport is a spoof in the region of the village of

Llandegley Llandegley ( cy, Llandeglau), is a village near Llandrindod Wells, in the community of Penybont, in Powys, mid Wales, United Kingdom. It is the location of Llandegley International Airport. It lies from Cardiff and from London. This area is r ...

( cy, Llandeglau), near

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, in mid Wales. No such airport exists, but a sign, erected as a practical joke, announces a forthcoming turn off to it. Despite Llandegley having no airfield—much less one of international standard—a visitor to Llandegley, Nicholas Whitehead, erected his own road sign, mimicking the UK's standard Worboys signs, on private land on the north side of the

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east of Crossgates in 2002, showing "Llandegley International irport/ / 2½ ". He spent £1,000 on renting the site. The original sign was removed in November 2009, but replaced in 2010 following public outcry. It was replaced again in April 2012. The version of the sign visible on

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imagery, captured in April 2021, has the added wording "For Airport Cafe, follow signs for Terminal 1", and a fly posted "No Runway 2" notice." The sign has attracted press and television coverage and was mentioned in the

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in 2003 by

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, the member for Brecon and Radnorshire. The sign is listed in the

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's National Monuments Record database,

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. A Twitter account, @llandegley_int, has operated in the name of the airport since 2008, and the airport has a Facebook page. In November 2022, the owner took the decision to end his commitment to the sign, explaining it had cost him a total of over £25,000 to date. He expressed the hope that the Welsh Government's heritage body, , might be interested in funding it in the future as a cultural landmark.

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Flightsim.to add-on with hypothetical airport layout
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