# Barrow Walney Island Airport (BWF / EGNL)

**Barrow Walney Island Airport** (IATA: BWF, ICAO: EGNL) is a medium airport in Barrow-in-Furness, England, United Kingdom. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,048 m (3,438 ft). It is operated by BAE Systems Submarines. In 2001 it handled 206 passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BWF / EGNL
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: BAE Systems Submarines
- Owner: BAE Systems
- Serves: Barrow-in-Furness, England, United Kingdom
- Elevation: 53 m / 173 ft
- Coordinates: 54.1286, -3.2675
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,048 m / 3,438 ft
- Passengers: 206 (2001)
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: http://www.walneyairfield.multiservers.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walney_Aerodrome (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2785373
- Weather station: EGNL · WMO 03214
- Ident: EGNL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 1,048 m / 3,438 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt | 056° / 236° | yes |
| 17/35 | 1,011 m / 3,318 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt | 166° / 346° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1986 | 5,738 | Wikidata |
| 1987 | 7,050 | Wikidata |
| 1988 | 5,738 | Wikidata |
| 1989 | 513 | Wikidata |
| 1993 | 651 | Wikidata |
| 1995 | 344 | Wikidata |
| 1996 | 169 | Wikidata |
| 1997 | 206 | Wikidata |
| 1998 | 105 | Wikidata |
| 1999 | 121 | Wikidata |
| 2000 | 77 | Wikidata |
| 2001 | 206 | Wikidata |

## Routes

7 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (7)

- [EMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnx.md) East Midlands Airport · United Kingdom · 193 km / 120 mi · BAE Systems
- [GLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpf.md) Glasgow Airport · United Kingdom · 208 km / 129 mi · BAE Systems
- [BRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggd.md) Bristol Airport · United Kingdom · 308 km / 191 mi · BAE Systems
- [NHT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egwu.md) RAF Northolt · United Kingdom · 344 km / 214 mi · BAE Systems
- [FAB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eglf.md) Farnborough Airport · United Kingdom · 359 km / 223 mi · BAE Systems
- [SOU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eghi.md) Southampton Airport · United Kingdom · 376 km / 234 mi · BAE Systems
- [WIC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpc.md) Wick John O'Groats Airport · United Kingdom · 482 km / 300 mi · BAE Systems

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BWF, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [BAE Systems](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bae-systems) · 7

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 206 (2001) | =3,558 of 3,974 | #726 in Europe | #51 in GB |
| Longest runway | 1,048 m / 3,438 ft | =13,001 of 29,858 | #1,377 in Europe | #119 in GB |
| Elevation | 53 m / 173 ft | =34,657 of 43,403 | =4,471 in Europe | #369 in GB |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =41 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | INFO | 123.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [BLK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnh.md) Blackpool Airport · 43 km / 27 mi
- [WRT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egno.md) Warton Aerodrome · 50 km / 31 mi
- [IOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egns.md) Isle of Man Airport · 89 km / 55 mi
- [LPL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggp.md) Liverpool John Lennon Airport · 92 km / 57 mi
- [CAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnc.md) Carlisle Lake District Airport · 95 km / 59 mi
- [CEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnr.md) Hawarden Airport · 107 km / 67 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Walney Aerodrome”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Walney_Aerodrome&oldid=1373357869), revision of 5 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/egnl/data