Wittering Airport

Royal Air Force Wittering or more simply RAF Wittering is a Royal Air Force station 10 miles northwest of , just south of , and just west of the A1 Great North Road.
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  • Email: wit-airops-stnops@mod.gov.uk
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: Royal Air Force support station and military airbase in Cambridgeshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “EGXT”, “RAF Wittering”, “RAFウィッタリング”, “Royal Air Force Station Wittering”, and “ウイッターリング空軍基地”
  • Address: Peterborough, PE8 6HB

Places of Interest

Highlights: Bedford Purlieus National Nature Reserve and Church of All Saints.

Nature reserve
Photo: Simon Huguet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bedford Purlieus is a 211-hectare ancient woodland in Cambridgeshire, in the United Kingdom.

Church
Photo: Michael Trolove, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pub
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wittering and Thornhaugh.

Village
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Village
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Wittering Airport

Latitude
52.60793° or 52° 36′ 29″ north
Longitude
-0.47759° or 0° 28′ 39″ west
Elevation
272 feet (83 metres)
Operator
Royal Air Force
ICAO airport code
EGXT
Open location code
9C4XJG5C+5X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 135203285
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
6296672
Wiki­data ID
Q1754901
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Tajik—“Wittering Airport” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “RAF Wittering”
  • Cebuano: “Royal Air Force Station Wittering”
  • Cebuano: “Wittering”
  • Chinese: “威特靈皇家空軍基地”
  • Dutch: “Royal Air Force Station Wittering”
  • French: “RAF Wittering”
  • French: “Royal Air Force Station Wittering”
  • German: “RAF Wittering”
  • German: “Royal Air Force Station Wittering”
  • Hungarian: “RAF Wittering”
  • Hungarian: “Royal Air Force Wittering”
  • Indonesian: “RAF Wittering”
  • Indonesian: “Royal Air Force Station Wittering”
  • Japanese: “ウィッタリング空軍基地”
  • Malay: “Pangkalan Udara Wittering”
  • Malay: “Pengkalan Udara Wittering”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی ویترینگ”
  • Spanish: “Royal Air Force Station Wittering”
  • Spanish: “Wittering Airfield”
  • Swedish: “RAF Wittering”
  • Swedish: “Royal Air Force Station Wittering”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво салтанате витринг”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи нерӯи ҳавоии Салтанати Витринг”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Owl’s Corner and Wittering Gorse.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Easton Hornstocks NNR and Vigo Wood.

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Worth a closer look: London and Manchester.

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