Wattisham Airfield

52.1275°N 0.9562°E87 m / 284 ftMedium airport

Wattisham Airfield is a medium airport in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1939. It has one runway, 2,424 m (7,953 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1939–1939

1939

OpenedWattisham Airfield opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

05/23048° / 228° · LIT

LENGTH2,424 m7,953 ftWIDTH46 m151 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Longest runway2,424 m7,953 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#2,803of 29,823 · #529 Europe · #26 GB Elevation87 m284 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,710of 43,341 · #3,852 Europe · #236 GB AgeOpened 19392026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,029of 15,079 · =495 Europe · =73 GB Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =120 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

4 channels

A/GAIR GND125.800

APPAPP123.300

DIRDIRECTOR123.300

TWRTWR122.100