RAF Wattisham, Stowmarket, England, United Kingdom

Location & QuickFacts

Airport Codes	EGUW (ICAO)
Location	Stowmarket, England, United Kingdom
Airport Type	C
Longitude/Latitude	N 52° 07' 38.22" / E 000° 57' 22.55" 52.127283, 0.956264
Elevation	283 feet (86 meters)
Magnetic Variation	W001394 0408

Communications

Type	Name	Freq 1	Freq 2	Freq 3	Freq 4	Freq 5
Air/Ground	AIR GND	125.8
Approach Control	APP	125.8	123.3	291.125
Director (Radar/Approach Control)	DIRECTOR	123.3	283.575
Tower	TWR	122.1	358.6

Communication Remarks

• When twr clsd use freq 125.8.

Runway Information

Runway 05/23

Dimensions	7,491 x 151 ft (2283 x 46 m)
Surface	Asphalt, asphaltic concrete, tar macadam, or bitumen bound macadam.

	05	23
Heading (Mag/True)	050.0° / 048.0°	230.0° / 228.0°
Latitude	N 52° 07' 13.98"	N 52° 08' 03.52"
Longitude	E 000° 56' 37.68"	E 000° 58' 06.71"
Elevation / TDZE	283 ft / 284.0 ft	278 ft / 282.0 ft
Displaced Threshold	0 ft	0 ft
Slope	-0.1°	0.1°
Declared Distances	Takeoff: 7991 ft Landing: 7491 ft	Takeoff: 8091 ft Landing: 7491 ft
Lighting System 1	High Intensity Runway Lights	High Intensity Runway Lights
Lighting System 2	Runway End Identifier Lights	Runway End Identifier Lights
Lighting System 3	Type 41	Type 24
Lighting System 4	Type 50	Type 50

Radio Navigation Aids

ID	Type	Name	Freq	Ch	Var
WTZ	3	WATTISHAM		030X	W001397 0408

Remarks

• [CAUTION]
  Crowfield ATZ overlaps Wattisham MATZ. Acft opr in the vcnty of or making an app to Wattisham should avoid Crowfield unless cleared by ATC. Bird and deer haz. Ints copter ops at all times; gldr act 1800Z++-SS Fri and SR-SS Sat, Sun and hol.
• [CAUTION]
  GS unuse outside of 4 rgt of cntrline.
• [FUEL]
  A1+
• [LGT]
  ABn red coded WT. PAPI GS 2.5 .
• [OPR HOURS]
  Opr 0830-1830Z Mon-Fri. PPR.
• [RSTD]
  Tfc rcv svc to S and W of afld, blw trns alt, will opr on London QNH instead of the Chatham Rgn pressure setting. Rpt LDA Rwy 23 7946'. A/D clsd to F/W acft dur icy cond.