EGUW Medium Airport

Airport record

Wattisham Airfield

Ipswich, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

WGS 84 position 52.12745°, 0.95619° Open map
FIELD ELEVATION 284 ft MSL

87 metres

REPORTED OPEN RUNWAYS 1

1 reported lighted

LONGEST REPORTED 7,953 ft

2,424 metres · 05/23

PUBLISHED COMMS 4

Source records

Runway geometry

Reported runway surfaces

TRUE headings
Runway Dimensions Surface Heading (true) Lighting Status
05/23 7,953 × 151 ft2,424 × 46 m Asphalt 48.0° / 228.0° northeast–southwest Reported lighted Reported open

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Runway ends

Published end data

Each runway end is listed separately. Headings are true; elevations are MSL. A dash means the source did not publish a value—not zero.

Runway-end identifiers, parent runways, true headings, elevations, displaced thresholds, and published coordinates
End Runway True heading End elevation Displaced threshold Coordinates
05 LE · low-numbered end 05/23 Reported open 48.0°T 282 ft MSL86 m 459 ft140 m 52.12060°, 0.94380° Open end map ↗
23 HE · high-numbered end 05/23 Reported open 228.0°T 278 ft MSL85 m Not published 52.13430°, 0.96853° Open end map ↗

Communications

Published frequencies

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TypeFrequencyDescription
A/G 125.800 MHz AIR GND
APP 123.300 MHz APP
DIR 123.300 MHz DIRECTOR
TWR 122.100 MHz TWR

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Nearby airports

All in United Kingdom
CodeAirportDistance & bearingLongest runway
EGLL London Heathrow AirportLondon 66 NM122 km · SW · 234° true 12,799 ft
EGKK London Gatwick AirportLondon 73 NM134 km · SW · 216° true 10,883 ft
LFQQ Lille AirportLesquin 124 NM229 km · SE · 139° true 9,268 ft
EGCC Manchester AirportManchester, Greater Manchester 139 NM257 km · NW · 303° true 10,007 ft
EHAM Amsterdam Airport SchipholAmsterdam 140 NM260 km · E · 84° true 12,467 ft
EBBR Brussels AirportZaventem 151 NM280 km · SE · 118° true 11,936 ft

Source & provenance

Data source

Airport, runway, and frequency records come from the OurAirports Public Domain dataset snapshot dated . Missing values remain missing; Runway Almanac does not invent them.