EGXW
RAF Waddington
VFR
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Name
RAF Waddington
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
EGXW / WTN / EGXW
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
6:05 am (GMT)
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Municipality
Waddington
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Coordinates
53° 9′ 58″ N 0° 31′ 25″ E
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Elevation
230 ft (70 m MSL)
About RAF Waddington
Royal Air Force Waddington otherwise known as RAF Waddington (IATA: WTN, ICAO: EGXW) is a Royal Air Force station located beside the village of Waddington, 4.2 miles (6.8 km) south of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, in England.
The station is the RAF's Intelligence Surveillance Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) hub and is home to a fleet of aircraft composed of the Shadow R1, RC-135W Rivet Joint and operating base for the RAF's MQ-9 Reaper. Since October 2022, it has also been home to the RAF's Aerobatic Team the Red Arrows.