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Weipa Airport

airport in Queensland, Australia
Place airport Q7980274
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Weipa Airport

Summary

Weipa Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Weipa Airport is located in Queensland[3].
  • Weipa Airport is located in Weipa Town[4].
  • Weipa Airport is in the country of Australia[5].
  • Weipa Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[6].
  • Weipa Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome[7].
  • Weipa Airport is operated by Rio Tinto Group[8].
  • Weipa Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as WEI[9].
  • Weipa Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as YBWP[10].
  • Weipa Airport took place at Weipa Airport[11].
  • Weipa Airport's located in time zone is recorded as Australia/Brisbane[12].
  • Weipa Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -12.678611111111, 'lon': 141.92527777778}[13].
  • Weipa Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Weipa Airport[14].
  • Weipa Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Weipa[15].
  • Weipa Airport's different from is recorded as Weipa Airport[16].
  • Weipa Airport sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+19'}[17].
  • Weipa Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'lat': -12.6786, 'lon': 141.925}[18].
  • Weipa Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+34367'}[19].
  • Weipa Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+43895'}[20].
  • Weipa Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+38747'}[21].
  • Weipa Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+42124'}[22].
  • Weipa Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+30422'}[23].
  • Weipa Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+15913'}[24].
  • Weipa Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+25466'}[25].
  • Weipa Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+23135'}[26].
  • Weipa Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+23304'}[27].

Body

Geography

Weipa Airport is in the country of Australia[5]. Located in include Queensland[3], a state of Australia[28], in Australia[29], founded in 1859[30] and Weipa Town[4], a local government area of Queensland[31], in Australia[32].

Physical Characteristics

Weipa Airport sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+19'}[17].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include airport[6] and commercial traffic aerodrome[7].

Why It Matters

Weipa Airport ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Related Entities

Australia

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . World Airport Traffic Report. quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . store.aci.aero. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . World Airport Traffic Report. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . store.aci.aero. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . World Airport Traffic Report. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . bitre.gov.au. bitre.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . bitre.gov.au. bitre.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . bitre.gov.au. bitre.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . bitre.gov.au. bitre.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . bitre.gov.au. bitre.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . bitre.gov.au. bitre.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . bitre.gov.au. bitre.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . bitre.gov.au. bitre.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . bitre.gov.au. bitre.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22d ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Queensland, Weipa Town
    Operator → Rio Tinto Group
    State of use → in use
    Location → Weipa Airport
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Airport", "YBWP"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
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