Wattisham Airfield

ICAO EGUWMedium airport

Wattisham Airfield is a medium airport near Ipswich, Suffolk in England, United Kingdom. It is listed as ICAO EGUW. The airport is located at 52.1275° / 0.9562° at an elevation of 87 m (284 ft). There is one runway, the longest measuring 2,424 m. The nearest airport is Brown Farm Airstrip, 5.5 km (3 mi) away. No scheduled service is recorded for this airfield.

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Map detail of Wattisham Airfield with runways — Close-up with runways

World map showing the position of Wattisham Airfield — Overview map

Data

Data
ICAO code	`EGUW`
Identifier	`EGUW`
Type	Medium airport
City	Ipswich, Suffolk
Region	England
Country	United Kingdom
Coordinates	52.12745, 0.95619
Coordinates (deg/min/sec)	52° 07′ 38.82″ N 0° 57′ 22.28″ E
Elevation	87 m (284 ft)
Scheduled service	no

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