Airports / United Kingdom / NWI
Norwich Airport
EGSH / NWINorwich, Norfolk, United KingdomELEV 118 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
27 nm
To the nearest alternate
RAF Marham (KNF) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Norwich Airport (EGSH / NWI) sits in Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 118 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into NWI for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are RAF Marham (KNF, 27 nm), RAF Honington (BEQ, 27 nm), and RAF Lakenheath (LKZ, 31 nm).
Charter pricing from NWI depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under RAF Horsham St Faith. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Norwich, Norfolk.
Field capability
ICAO
EGSH
IATA
NWI
FAA / Local
EGSH
Elevation
118 ft
Coordinates
52.6758° N · 1.2828° E
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
Yes
Elevation vs United Kingdom fields
state range 5–1,066 ft
At 118 ft, NWI sits lower than 53% 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.
- 27nmKNFRAF MarhamKing's Lynn, Norfolk
- 27nmBEQRAF HoningtonBury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk
- 31nmLKZRAF LakenheathBrandon, Suffolk
- 35nmMHZRAF MildenhallBury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk
- 35nmEGUWWattisham AirfieldIpswich, Suffolk
- 49nmCBGCambridge City AirportCambridge, Cambridgeshire
Location
Open the full mapEGSH · Norwich Airport · Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom