Airports / United Kingdom / WTN
RAF Waddington
EGXW / WTNLincoln, Lincolnshire, United KingdomELEV 231 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
8 nm
To the nearest alternate
RAF Cranwell (EGYD) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
RAF Waddington, listed as EGXW / WTN, is a mid-sized airport in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. The field lies at an elevation of 231 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
WTN has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include RAF Cranwell (EGYD, 8 nm), RAF Barkston Heath (EGYE, 12 nm), and RAF Coningsby (QCY, 14 nm).
Quotes for flights out of WTN vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Waddington. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from WTN, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
EGXW
IATA
WTN
FAA / Local
EGXW
Elevation
231 ft
Coordinates
53.1662° N · 0.5238° 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 231 ft, WTN sits higher than 67% 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.
- 8nmEGYDRAF CranwellSleaford, Lincolnshire
- 12nmEGYERAF Barkston HeathGrantham, Lincolnshire
- 14nmQCYRAF ConingsbyLincoln, Lincolnshire
- 25nmNQTNottingham City AirportNottingham, Nottinghamshire
- 25nmHUYHumberside AirportGrimsby, Lincolnshire
- 33nmEGXTRAF WitteringPeterborough, Cambridgeshire
Location
Open the full mapEGXW · RAF Waddington · Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom