{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Weipa Airport","iataCode":"WEI","icaoCode":"YBWP","city":"Weipa","country":"AU","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":-12.677493,"longitude":141.922618},"elevationMeters":19,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Few towns are as single-mindedly industrial as Weipa, where the Port of Weipa moves millions of tonnes of bauxite a year for Rio Tinto. Almost all of that tonnage leaves by sea, not by air: the deep-water port and shiploaders, not the airport, handle the export bulk. Weipa Airport concentrates on FIFO and passenger traffic, with QantasLink and Skytrans services to Cairns. It has no scheduled cargo terminal; urgent mining and spare-parts shipments rely on ad-hoc charter operators such as EastAir ","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/weipa-airport-wei","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/weipa-airport-wei","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Weipa Airport · (IATA: WEI) · Weipa, AU · 19 m"}