Airports / United Kingdom / BWF
Barrow Walney Island Airport
EGNL / BWFBarrow-in-Furness, United KingdomELEV 173 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
23 nm
To the nearest alternate
Blackpool Airport (BLK) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Barrow Walney Island Airport (EGNL / BWF) is a mid-sized airport serving Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom. The airport sits 173 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into BWF for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Blackpool Airport (BLK, 23 nm), Warton Aerodrome (WRT, 27 nm), and Isle of Man Airport (IOM, 48 nm).
Charter pricing from BWF depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Barrow-in-Furness.
Field capability
ICAO
EGNL
IATA
BWF
FAA / Local
EGNL
Elevation
173 ft
Coordinates
54.1286° N · 3.2675° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs United Kingdom fields
state range 5–1,066 ft
At 173 ft, BWF sits higher than 58% of the 88 United Kingdom fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 23nmBLKBlackpool AirportBlackpool
- 27nmWRTWarton AerodromeWarton
- 48nmIOMIsle of Man AirportCastletown
- 50nmLPLLiverpool John Lennon AirportLiverpool
- 51nmCAXCarlisle Lake District AirportCarlisle, Cumbria
- 58nmCEGHawarden AirportBroughton
Location
Open the full mapEGNL · Barrow Walney Island Airport · Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom