RAF Waddington

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RAF Waddington
IATA: WTN - ICAO: EGXW
Summary
Airport type		Military
Operator		Royal Air Force
Serves		Waddington, Lincolnshire
Elevation AMSL		231 ft (70 m)
Coordinates		53°09′58″N, 000°31′26″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
02/20	9,000	2,743	Asphalt

RAF Waddington (IATA: WTN, ICAO: EGXW) is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England. It is presently home to the RAF's Sentry AEW1 and Nimrod R1 aircraft. The station is also home to No. 34 Expeditionary Air Wing

The airfield will also soon be home to the new Raytheon Sentinel R1 ASTOR ground-surveillance/intelligence aircraft of 5 Sqn.

RAF Waddington has in the last few years revived its Waddington International Air Show, which usually takes place in the last weekend of June, attracting up to 100,000 visitors and representatives of Air Forces from all round the world. There is an outdoor viewing area east of the A15 road close to the northern end of the long runway which was designed to accommodate V-bombers. Short-term visits from different NATO and Swiss fighter squadrons generate occasional additional noise and interest, as the runway is conveniently placed for offshore practice firing ranges above the North Sea.

No. 34 Expeditionary Air Wing was formed at Waddington on 1st April 2006 encompassing all of the flying units at the station. The station commander is dual-hatted as the commander of the wing.

Waddington is currently home to:

• No 5 (Army Co-operation) Sqn - ASTOR/Sentinel R1
• No. 8 Sqn - Sentry
• No. 23 Sqn - Sentry
• No. 51 Sqn - Nimrod R1
• No. 26 Sqn - Ground Based Air Defence
• No. 2503 Sqn - RAuxAF Force Sustainment

RAF Waddington is also the main site for the Air Warfare Centre.

[edit] See also

• List of RAF stations

[edit] External links

• RAF Waddington
• Air Warfare Centre, RAF Waddington
• RAF History - Waddington
• World Aero Data airport information for EGXW