RAF Northolt

ICAO EGWU51.5530°N 0.4182°W38 m / 124 ftMedium airport

RAF Northolt (IATA: NHT, ICAO: EGWU) is a medium airport in Northolt, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1915. It has one runway, 1,690 m (5,545 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Royal Air Force. In 2000 it handled 9 passengers.

Timeline

4 events · 1915–1950

1915

OpenedRAF Northolt opens.

18 OCT 1942

Disaster1942 Ruislip Wellington accident.21 killed

19 DEC 1946

Disaster1946 Railway Air Services Dakota crash.

31 OCT 1950

Disaster1950 Heathrow BEA Viking accident.28 killed

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

07/25070° / 250° · LIT

LENGTH1,690 m5,545 ftWIDTH46 m151 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

1995–2000

95969700

Records & rankings

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

Passengers9 (2000)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M=3,887of 3,974 · =811 Europe · #61 GB Longest runway1,690 m5,545 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=5,307of 29,823 · #887 Europe · #78 GB Elevation38 m124 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=36,048of 43,341 · =4,777 Europe · =427 GB AgeOpened 19152026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=96of 15,079 · =76 Europe · =9 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

11 channels

APPAPP126.450

ATISATIS300.350

DEPDEP129.125

OPSOPS132.650

TWRTWR120.675

ATIS125.125

DEP120.325

DIR130.350

GRN121.575

RDRTalk down125.875

TWR281.175