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Newquay Airport

airport in the United Kingdom
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Summary

Newquay Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Newquay Airport is located in St Mawgan[3].
  • Newquay Airport is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Newquay Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[5].
  • Newquay Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome[6].
  • Cornwall is named after Newquay Airport[7].
  • Newquay is named after Newquay Airport[8].
  • Newquay Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as NQY[9].
  • Newquay Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as EGHQ[10].
  • Newquay Airport's Commons category is recorded as Newquay Cornwall Airport[11].
  • Newquay Airport's runway is recorded as 12/30[12].
  • Newquay Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 50.440833333333, 'longitude': -4.9952777777778}[13].
  • Newquay Airport's official website is recorded as https://www.cornwallairportnewquay.com[14].
  • Newquay Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Newquay[15].
  • Newquay Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Newquay Golf Club[16].
  • Newquay Airport's described by source is recorded as Akademi Kernewek's Place Names[17].
  • Newquay Airport's replaces is recorded as RAF St Mawgan[18].
  • Newquay Airport's date of official opening is recorded as 1933[19].
  • Newquay Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+390'}[20].
  • Newquay Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'latitude': 50.4406, 'longitude': -4.99541}[21].
  • Newquay Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+17272'}[22].
  • Newquay Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+1140'}[23].
  • Newquay Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+406'}[24].
  • Newquay Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+7391'}[25].
  • Newquay Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+252625'}[26].
  • Newquay Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+336964'}[27].

Body

Geography

Newquay Airport is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in St Mawgan[3].

Physical Characteristics

Newquay Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+390'}[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include airport[5] and commercial traffic aerodrome[6].

History and Context

Things named after include Cornwall[7], a historic county of England[28], in Kingdom of Dumnonia[29] and Newquay[8], a town[30], in United Kingdom[31].

Why It Matters

Newquay Airport ranks in the top 1% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Related Entities

Akademi Kernewek's Place Names United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 19w ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    Country → —
    Instance of → airport, commercial traffic aerodrome
    State of use → in use
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33791|batch #33791]]: NaPTAN stop area codes (920)"
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