# Waterford Airport (WAT / EIWF)

**Waterford Airport** (IATA: WAT, ICAO: EIWF) is a medium airport in Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland. It opened in 1981. It has one runway, 1,433 m (4,701 ft) long, asphalt. In 2016 it handled 14 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WAT / EIWF
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland
- Opened: 1981
- Elevation: 36 m / 119 ft
- Coordinates: 52.1872, -7.0870
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,433 m / 4,701 ft
- Passengers: 13,511 (2016)
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/Dublin
- Website: http://www.flywaterford.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterford_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2440316
- Weather station: EIWF
- Ident: EIWF

## Timeline

- 1981: Waterford Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 1,433 m / 4,701 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 021° / 201° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2005 | 71,000 | Wikidata |
| 2006 | 85,000 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 116,000 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 144,000 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 112,000 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 104,000 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 69,942 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 78,393 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 28,168 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 33,189 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 34,249 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 13,511 | Wikidata |

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

Former hub of [Euroceltic Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/euroceltic-airways).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 14K (2016) | #2,575 of 3,974 | #532 in Europe | #7 in IE |
| Longest runway | 1,433 m / 4,701 ft | =7,591 of 29,858 | #1,017 in Europe | #8 in IE |
| Elevation | 36 m / 119 ft | =36,257 of 43,403 | =4,811 in Europe | #36 in IE |
| Age | Opened 1981 | =8,229 of 15,079 | =1,236 in Europe | #6 in IE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =8 in IE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 121.150 |
| GND | GND | 121.600 |
| INFO | INFO | 129.850 |
| TWR | TWR | 129.850 |

## Nearby airports

- [ORK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eick.md) Cork International Airport · 104 km / 64 mi
- [EIME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eime.md) Casement Air Base · 131 km / 81 mi
- [EIWT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eiwt.md) Weston Airport · 136 km / 84 mi
- [SNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/einn.md) Shannon Airport · 137 km / 85 mi
- [DUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eidw.md) Dublin Airport · 149 km / 92 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/eiwf/data