EGXT

RAF Wittering

ICAO EGXT52.6126°N 0.4765°W83 m / 273 ftMedium airport
On the map
RAF Wittering - 9 May 1944 Airphoto
United States Army Air Forces · Public domain · Commons

RAF Wittering (ICAO: EGXT) is a medium airport in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened on 5 May 1916. It has one runway, 2,759 m (9,052 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1916–1916
05 MAY 1916
OpenedRAF Wittering opens.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
07/25074° / 254° · LIT
LENGTH2,759 m9,052 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,759 m9,052 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,718of 29,823 · =271 Europe · #17 GBElevation83 m273 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,954of 43,341 · #3,909 Europe · #252 GBAgeOpened 19162026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=108of 15,079 · =88 Europe · =11 GBRunways11 · 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

8 channels
APPAPP130.200
ATISATIS242.470
CACLONDON MIL29.997
DEPDEP/DIR278.450
GNDGND369.220
TWRTWR125.525
GRN125.525
TWR372.220