The airport and its ICAO code EGFP were withdrawn from the Aeronautical Information Publication in July 2022.

Pembrey is open seven days a week but only open at weekends unless a prior booking is made, due to an LOA with the MoD to operate civil and commercial flights during operational hours as long as any visiting aircraft obtain the required PPR from the RAF.

The licence has been temporary withdrawn for construction work to be completed on one of the taxiways by the CAA[2] along with taxiway Bravo the APAPI and NDB systems[citation needed] Construction of the airfield for RAF Flying Training Command started in 1937 and by September 1939, the RAF's No.

Between 1946 and 1949 RAF Fighter Command was in control of the airfield; work was then put in hand to lengthen Runway 04/22 to take jet aircraft.

On Thursday 22 August 1997 Pembrey was officially opened as a civil airfield by Captain Winston Thomas at a cost of 3.5 million pounds and named Pembrey West Wales Airport using a single runway (04/22) with a declared length of 805 metres.