WEIYBWP

Weipa Airport

Weipa, Australia · Oceania

Oceania Australia/Brisbane

4direct destinations

3airlines

1runway

1,645 mLongest runway

Weipa Airport (IATA: WEI, ICAO: YBWP) is an airport in Weipa, Queensland, Australia. The airport is 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) southeast of the town.

Location

12.677°S, 141.923°E · 19 m s. n. m. (63 ft)

General data

CountryAustralia

CityWeipa

IATA codeWEI

ICAO codeYBWP

Coordinates12.677°S, 141.923°E

Elevation19 m s. n. m. (63 ft)

Time zoneAustralia/Brisbane

Runways1

Longest runway1,645 m

OperatorRio Tinto Group

Direct destinations4

Runways · 1

12/30

Length1,645 m5,397 ft

Width30 m98 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 2

Flight information

122.100BRISBANE CNTR

Common traffic (CTAF)

126.700

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

History

In 1972, construction of the Flight Service Unit Lighting Building and Power House began, and it was completed in 1976.

Under Aviation Transport Security Act 2004, Weipa Airport was categorised as a Category 4 security controlled airport.

Passenger screening was introduced to Weipa Airport in 2014. It followed a 2010 change that required regional airports handling aircraft weighing 20,000kg or more to screen passengers.

Airlines operating here · 3

Other airlines with direct routes

Alliance Airlines SmartLynx Australia QantasLink

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Anonymaus, David Hartman · CC BY 3.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Weipa Airport (WEI). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/WEI

MLA

“Weipa Airport (WEI).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/WEI. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Weipa Airport (WEI).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/WEI.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Weipa Airport (WEI). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/WEI (Accessed: 24 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_wei,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Weipa Airport (WEI)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/WEI},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/WEI}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-24},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}

Wikipedia

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