An inbred corn line, designated W16090, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line W16090, to the plants of inbred corn line W16090 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line W16090 with itself or another corn line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from the inbred W16090.