# White Waltham Airfield, Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/eglm

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1938
- Closed: 1982
- Elevation: 40 m / 131 ft
- Coordinates: 51.5008, -0.7744
- Runways: 4
- Longest runway: 1,110 m / 3,642 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: https://www.wlac.co.uk/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Waltham_Airfield (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3914750
- Weather station: EGLL · WMO 03772
- Ident: EGLM

## Timeline

- 1938: White Waltham Airfield opens.
- 1982: White Waltham Airfield closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07L/25R | 1,110 m / 3,642 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Grass |  |  |
| 03/21 | 1,025 m / 3,363 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Grass |  |  |
| 11/29 | 930 m / 3,051 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Grass |  |  |
| 07R/25L | 788 m / 2,585 ft | 25 m / 82 ft | Grass | 065° / 245° |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,110 m / 3,642 ft | =11,724 of 29,858 | #1,287 in Europe | #111 in GB |
| Elevation | 40 m / 131 ft | =35,811 of 43,403 | =4,723 in Europe | =413 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1938 | =870 of 15,079 | =451 in Europe | =63 in GB |
| Runways | 4 | =41 of 29,978 | =10 in Europe | =2 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | Waltham Radio | 122.600 |
| AFIS | Waltham Information | 122.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-0781](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0781.md) Harpsden Park Airstrip · 8.7 km / 5.4 mi
- [HYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egtb.md) Wycombe Air Park · 13 km / 7.8 mi
- [GB-0535](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0535.md) Luxter Farm Airstrip · 13 km / 8.3 mi
- [GB-0520](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0520.md) Whittles Farm Airstrip · 18 km / 11 mi
- [GB-0910](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0910.md) Hopkiln Farm Airstrip · 18 km / 11 mi
- [BBS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eglk.md) Blackbushe Airport · 20 km / 13 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/eglm/data