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White Waltham Airfield

51.5008°N 0.7744°W40 m / 131 ftSmall airport
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White Waltham Airfield is a small airport in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1938. It closed in 1982. It has 4 runways; the longest is 1,110 m (3,642 ft). It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Timeline

2 events · 1938–1982
1938
OpenedWhite Waltham Airfield opens.
1982
ClosedWhite Waltham Airfield closes.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
07L/25R
LENGTH1,110 m3,642 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEGrass
03/21
LENGTH1,025 m3,363 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEGrass
11/29
LENGTH930 m3,051 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEGrass
07R/25L065° / 245°
LENGTH788 m2,585 ftWIDTH25 m82 ftSURFACEGrass

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,110 m3,642 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=11,718of 29,823 · #1,280 Europe · #111 GBElevation40 m131 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=35,756of 43,341 · =4,717 Europe · =413 GBAgeOpened 19382026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=870of 15,079 · =451 Europe · =63 GBRunways41 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=41of 29,943 · =10 Europe · =2 GB
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
A/GWaltham Radio122.600
AFISWaltham Information122.600