WTN

RAF Waddington

ICAO EGXW53.1662°N 0.5238°W70 m / 231 ftMedium airport
On the map
463 Squadron RAAF Lancaster taking off August 1944
Not stated · Public domain · Commons

RAF Waddington (IATA: WTN, ICAO: EGXW) is a medium airport in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened on 12 Mar 1937. It has one runway, 2,939 m (9,642 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Royal Air Force. In 1994 it handled 70 passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1937–1937
12 MAR 1937
OpenedRAF Waddington opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
02/20022° / 202° · LIT
LENGTH2,939 m9,642 ftWIDTH60 m198 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers70 (1994)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M=3,675of 3,974 · =752 Europe · #56 GBLongest runway2,939 m9,642 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#1,481of 29,823 · #233 Europe · #11 GBElevation70 m231 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=33,075of 43,341 · #4,168 Europe · #304 GBAgeOpened 19372026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=703of 15,079 · =404 Europe · =52 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
APPAPP250.850
ATISATIS29.167
CACCAC27.777
DEPDEP123.300
GNDGND342.120
MISCZONE127.350
OPSOPS386.625
TWRTWR256.670