# Weipa Airport (WEI / YBWP)

**Weipa Airport** (IATA: WEI, ICAO: YBWP) is a medium airport in Weipa, Queensland, Australia. It has one runway, 1,645 m (5,397 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Rio Tinto Group. In 2022 it handled 83 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WEI / YBWP
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Rio Tinto Group
- Serves: Weipa, Queensland, Australia
- Elevation: 19 m / 63 ft
- Coordinates: -12.6775, 141.9226
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,645 m / 5,397 ft
- Passengers: 83,089 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Australia/Brisbane
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weipa_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7980274
- Weather station: YBWP · WMO 94171
- Ident: YBWP

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 1,645 m / 5,397 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 124° / 304° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 65,395 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 70,595 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 69,930 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 66,771 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 66,456 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 68,791 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 75,086 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 80,407 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 72,181 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 42,080 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 75,880 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 83,089 | Wikidata |

## Routes

4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [AUU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yaur.md) Aurukun Airport · Australia · 78 km / 48 mi · SmartLynx Australia
- [IRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ylhr.md) Lockhart River Airport · Australia · 150 km / 93 mi · SmartLynx Australia
- [CNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybcs.md) Cairns International Airport · Australia · 622 km / 386 mi · QantasLink, Alliance Airlines, SmartLynx Australia
- [BNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybbn.md) Brisbane International Airport · Australia · 2,008 km / 1,248 mi · Alliance Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from WEI, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- Q6 [SmartLynx Australia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartlynx-australia) · 3
- QQ [Alliance Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alliance-airlines) · 2
- QF [QantasLink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantaslink) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 83K (2022) | #1,888 of 3,974 | #84 in Oceania | #50 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,645 m / 5,397 ft | =5,640 of 29,858 | =265 in Oceania | #187 in AU |
| Elevation | 19 m / 63 ft | =38,559 of 43,403 | =1,706 in Oceania | =1,036 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| RDO | BRISBANE CNTR | 122.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [YBSG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybsg.md) RAAF Base Scherger · 19 km / 12 mi
- [AU-0514](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0514.md) Beagle Bay Airport · 35 km / 22 mi
- [YSDL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ysdl.md) Sudley Airport · 48 km / 30 mi
- [AGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-agw.md) Agnew Airport · 64 km / 40 mi
- [AU-0263](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0263.md) Mapoon Airstrip · 70 km / 43 mi
- [YWTV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ywtv.md) Watson River Airport · 70 km / 44 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Weipa Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weipa_Airport&oldid=1364620749), revision of 17 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/ybwp/data