# Wynyard Airport (BWT / YWYY)

**Wynyard Airport** (IATA: BWT, ICAO: YWYY) is a medium airport in Burnie, Tasmania, Australia. It opened on 26 Feb 1934. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,650 m (5,413 ft). In 2022 it handled 68 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BWT / YWYY
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Burnie, Tasmania, Australia
- Opened: 26 Feb 1934 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 19 m / 62 ft
- Coordinates: -40.9970, 145.7260
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,650 m / 5,413 ft
- Passengers: 68,187 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+11/+10 · Australia/Hobart
- Website: http://www.burnieairport.com.au
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnie_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15540
- Weather station: YMWY · WMO 94957
- Ident: YWYY

## Timeline

- 26 Feb 1934: Wynyard Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 1,650 m / 5,413 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 099° / 279° | yes |
| 05/23 | 767 m / 2,516 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Paved | 065° / 245° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 68,575 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 67,969 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 68,453 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 63,301 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 63,529 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 60,211 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 61,241 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 71,110 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 72,472 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 25,197 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 23,209 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 68,187 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [LST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymlt.md) Launceston Airport · Australia · 138 km / 86 mi · Sharp Airlines
- [KNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ykii.md) King Island Airport · Australia · 200 km / 124 mi · Sharp Airlines
- [MEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymml.md) Melbourne Airport · Australia · 378 km / 235 mi · QantasLink, Rex Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- SH [Sharp Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sharp-airlines) · 2
- QF [QantasLink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantaslink) · 1
- ZL [Rex Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rex-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 68K (2022) | #1,958 of 3,974 | #88 in Oceania | #53 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,650 m / 5,413 ft | =5,578 of 29,858 | =256 in Oceania | =180 in AU |
| Elevation | 19 m / 62 ft | =38,593 of 43,403 | =1,709 in Oceania | =1,038 in AU |
| Age | Opened 1934 | =552 of 15,079 | =20 in Oceania | =15 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 | 122.600 |
| AWIS | AWS Weather | 133.350 |

## Nearby airports

- [SIO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ysmi.md) Smithton Airport · 57 km / 35 mi
- [DPO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ydpo.md) Devonport Airport · 62 km / 39 mi
- [LST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymlt.md) Launceston Airport · 138 km / 86 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: “Burnie Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Burnie_Airport&oldid=1373120335), revision of 4 Sep 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/ywyy/data