# Barrow Island Airport (BWB / YBWX)

**Barrow Island Airport** (IATA: BWB, ICAO: YBWX) is a small airport in Western Australia, Australia. It has one runway, 1,900 m (6,234 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Bristow Helicopters.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BWB / YBWX
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Bristow Helicopters
- Serves: Western Australia, Australia
- Elevation: 8 m / 26 ft
- Coordinates: -20.8644, 115.4061
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,900 m / 6,234 ft
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Australia/Perth
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow_Island_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4863892
- Weather station: YBWX
- Ident: YBWX

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 1,900 m / 6,234 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 027° / 207° | yes |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Charter (1)

- [PER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypph.md) Perth International Airport · Australia · 1,233 km / 766 mi · National Jet Express

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- NC [National Jet Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/national-jet-express) · 1 · charter

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,900 m / 6,234 ft | =4,284 of 29,858 | =152 in Oceania | =97 in AU |
| Elevation | 8 m / 26 ft | =40,786 of 43,403 | =1,959 in Oceania | =1,161 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 120.100 |
| FSS | MELBOURNE CNTR | 122.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [YMDZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymdz.md) Mardi Station Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [YTHV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ythv.md) Thevenard Island Airport · 78 km / 48 mi
- [AU-0601](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0601.md) Compressor station airfield · 85 km / 53 mi
- [YFCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yfcu.md) Fortescue River Airport · 90 km / 56 mi
- [YCPR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycpr.md) Cape Preston Airport · 91 km / 57 mi
- [ONS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yolw.md) Onslow Airport · 95 km / 59 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: “Barrow Island Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barrow_Island_Airport&oldid=1363016642), revision of 7 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/ybwx/data