# Wigtown Airfield, Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom

**Wigtown Airfield** is a small airport in Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom. It opened in 1941. It closed in 1948. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0153

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1941
- Closed: 1948
- Elevation: 8 m / 26 ft
- Coordinates: 54.8527, -4.4420
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/RAFWigtown
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Wigtown (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20459418
- Weather station: EGOY · WMO 03132
- Ident: GB-0153

## Timeline

- 1941: Wigtown Airfield opens.
- 1948: Wigtown Airfield closes.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 8 m / 26 ft | =40,786 of 43,403 | =5,494 in Europe | =585 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1941 | =1,548 of 15,079 | =581 in Europe | =93 in GB |

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## 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/gb-0153/data