Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport
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Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport (IATA: WTB, ICAO: YBWW, formerly Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport[2]) is an airport in Wellcamp, 8.4 nautical miles (15.6 km; 9.7 mi) west from the CBD of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Wagner Corporation | ||||||||||
Serves | Toowoomba | ||||||||||
Location | Wellcamp | ||||||||||
Opened | November 2014 | ||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (+10:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,509 ft / 460 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°33′30″S 151°47′36″E | ||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||
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Sources: Airservices Australia[1] |
The airport and an associated aviation and business park is the brainchild of the Wagner family, a business family prominent in the Toowoomba region. It is the first major greenfield public airport development in Australia since Melbourne Airport opened in 1970. It is also the first privately funded major airport in the country.[3]
The airport is rated at Code E and with its 2,870-metre (9,416 ft) long by 45-metre (148 ft) wide runway can handle aircraft the size and weight of the Boeing 747-400 and Boeing 747-8.[1][3] The airport is estimated to have a catchment area of 344,000 people[4] and in 2017 handled 157,000 passengers (a 25.9% growth from the previous year), making it the 33rd busiest regional airport in Australia annually.[citation needed]