Barrow/Walney Island Airport
Walney Aerodrome is located on Walney Island, 1.5 NM northwest of the centre of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The airport is owned by BAE Systems, who operate private communication flights to locations across the United Kingdom and expanded the airport with new infrastructure and terminal buildings in 2019.
- Aerodrome
- …lies at an elevation of 171 feet (52 metres)
- …has the IATA airport code BWF
- …has the ICAO airport code EGNL
- …was formerly known as “Barrow Walney Island Aerodrome”
- …is operated by BAe Systems Marine Ltd
- Description: airport in the United Kingdom
- Postal code: LA14 3TD
- Also known as“BWF”“EGNL”“Walney Aerodrome”“Walney Island Airport”
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Dock Museum and Barrow-in-Furness railway station.
Dock Museum
The Dock Museum is situated in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England.
Barrow-in-Furness railway station
Barrow-in-Furness railway station serves the town of Barrow-in-Furness, in Cumbria, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Scale and Vickerstown.
North Scale
Village
North Scale is a village and one of only four settlements on the Isle of Walney, Cumbria, England.
Vickerstown
Vickerstown is an area of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria…
Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and seaport in Cumbria, at the tip of the Furness peninsula.
Barrow/Walney Island Airport
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Latitude
54.12865° or 54° 7′ 43″ north
Longitude
-3.26318° or 3° 15′ 48″ west
Open location code
9C6R4PHP+FP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway = aerodrome
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tajik—“Barrow/Walney Island Airport” goes by many names.
Barrow/Walney Island AirportCebuano
巴羅/Walney島機場Chinese
BWFIndonesian
EGNLIndonesian
Lapangan Terbang Walney IslandMalay
BWFPersian
EGNLPersian
فرودگاه باروو/والنی آیلندPersian
Barrow - Walney Island AirfieldPiemontese
Aeroportul Barrow/Walney IslandRomanian
Barrow/Walney Island AirportSwedish
Фурудгоҳи борув волни оилндTajik
Фурудгоҳи Ҷазираи Бороу ВолниTajik
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