# Bowen Airport (ZBO / YBWN)

**Bowen Airport** (IATA: ZBO, ICAO: YBWN) is a small airport in Bowen, Queensland, Australia. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,341 m (4,399 ft). It is operated by Whitsunday Region.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybwn

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ZBO / YBWN
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Whitsunday Region
- Serves: Bowen, Queensland, Australia
- Elevation: 2 m / 8 ft
- Coordinates: -20.0180, 148.2152
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,341 m / 4,399 ft
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Australia/Brisbane
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowen_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4950804
- Ident: YBWN

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 1,341 m / 4,399 ft |  |  |  |  |
| 12/30 | 1,003 m / 3,290 ft |  |  |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,341 m / 4,399 ft | =8,458 of 29,858 | #596 in Oceania | #470 in AU |
| Elevation | 2 m / 8 ft | =42,741 of 43,403 | =2,205 in Oceania | =1,244 in AU |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania | =33 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| MISC | MISC | 120.200 |
| MISC | MISC | 135.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [AU-0276](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0276.md) cape cloucester airstrip 300m length · 25 km / 16 mi
- [YHAB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yhab.md) Hideaway Bay Airport · 26 km / 16 mi
- [WSY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yshr.md) Shute Harbour/Whitsunday Airport · 63 km / 39 mi
- [PPP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybpn.md) Proserpine Whitsunday Coast Airport · 64 km / 40 mi
- [KCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycsv.md) Collinsville Airport · 74 km / 46 mi
- [AU-0243](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0243.md) Midge Point · 83 km / 52 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybwn/data