# Whyalla Airport (WYA / YWHA)

**Whyalla Airport** (IATA: WYA, ICAO: YWHA) is a medium airport in Whyalla, South Australia, Australia. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,686 m (5,531 ft). It is operated by Whyalla. In 2022 it handled 55 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WYA / YWHA
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Whyalla
- Serves: Whyalla, South Australia, Australia
- Elevation: 13 m / 41 ft
- Coordinates: -33.0589, 137.5140
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,686 m / 5,531 ft
- Passengers: 54,895 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+10:30/+9:30 · Australia/Adelaide
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whyalla_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15109
- Weather station: YWHA · WMO 95664
- Ident: YWHA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 1,686 m / 5,531 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 175° / 355° | yes |
| 05/23 | 1,408 m / 4,619 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Gravel | 054° / 234° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 68,080 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 73,193 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 66,828 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 60,747 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 66,879 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 62,627 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 64,583 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 75,960 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 78,787 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 28,186 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 47,871 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 54,895 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [ADL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypad.md) Adelaide International Airport · Australia · 230 km / 143 mi · QantasLink

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 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 | 55K (2022) | #2,054 of 3,974 | #96 in Oceania | #58 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,686 m / 5,531 ft | =5,319 of 29,858 | #241 in Oceania | #166 in AU |
| Elevation | 13 m / 41 ft | =39,770 of 43,403 | =1,840 in Oceania | =1,104 in AU |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania | =33 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.900 |
| FSS | MELBOURNE CNTR | 123.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [PPI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypir.md) Port Pirie Airport · 49 km / 30 mi
- [PUG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypag.md) Port Augusta Airport · 64 km / 40 mi
- [CVC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycee.md) Cleve Airport · 118 km / 74 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: “Whyalla Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whyalla_Airport&oldid=1363087614), 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/ywha/data