Aberporth Airport is situated southwest of Aberporth, Ceredigion, Wales. The airport is being developed as West Wales Airport for domestic flights. It is also developing as a centre for the deployment of civil and military unmanned aerial vehicles, known as 'drones'. The airport underwent major improvements in 2008 which extended the length of the runway from 945 to 1,257 m. The site was previously RAF Aberporth, a former Royal Air Force satellite station which used by the RAF Army Cooperation Command, the site was also used the Royal Aircraft Establishment, the Defence Research Agency and the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency under the control of the Ministry of Defence until 2001.