# Wattisham Airfield, Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

**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.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Ipswich, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1939
- Elevation: 87 m / 284 ft
- Coordinates: 52.1275, 0.9562
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,424 m / 7,953 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Wattisham (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275662
- Weather station: EGUW · WMO 03590
- Ident: EGUW

## Timeline

- 1939: Wattisham Airfield opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,424 m / 7,953 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt | 048° / 228° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,424 m / 7,953 ft | #2,804 of 29,858 | #534 in Europe | #26 in GB |
| Elevation | 87 m / 284 ft | =31,758 of 43,403 | #3,858 in Europe | #236 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1939 | =1,029 of 15,079 | =495 in Europe | =73 in GB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =120 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | AIR GND | 125.800 |
| APP | APP | 123.300 |
| DIR | DIRECTOR | 123.300 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [BEQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egxh.md) RAF Honington · 27 km / 17 mi
- [MHZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egun.md) RAF Mildenhall · 41 km / 26 mi
- [LKZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egul.md) RAF Lakenheath · 41 km / 26 mi
- [CBG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egsc.md) Cambridge City Airport · 54 km / 34 mi
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · 56 km / 35 mi
- [KNF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egym.md) RAF Marham · 64 km / 40 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/eguw/data