Burnie Airport
| Burnie Airport Wynyard Airport | |||||||||||||||
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 A Regional Express Saab 340 aircraft at Burnie Airport | |||||||||||||||
| IATA: BWT – ICAO: YWYY | |||||||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Burnie Airport Corporation | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Burnie, Tasmania | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Wynyard, Tasmania | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 62 ft / 19 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°59′56″S 145°43′52″E / 40.99889°S 145.73111°ECoordinates: 40°59′56″S 145°43′52″E / 40.99889°S 145.73111°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.burnieairport.com.au | ||||||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||||||
  YWYY Location in Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||||||
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| Statistics (2010/11[1]) | |||||||||||||||
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Burnie Airport (IATA: BWT, ICAO: YWYY), also called Burnie Wynyard Airport, is a regional airport located in Wynyard near the city of Burnie, Tasmania, Australia.
The airport is centrally located on Tasmania's North West Coast. Regional Express Airlines operates services to the airport, flying to and from Melbourne at least 4 times per day using 33,34 and 36 seat Saab 340 turboprop aircraft. The airport is also served by Sharp Airlines, offering flights to King Island and Launceston twice per day using 19 seat Metro 23 (SA-227) turboprop aircraft. Free Spirit Airlines is another operator, flying to Essendon (Victoria) once on Monday morning, Thursday and Friday evening and Sunday. They are using a single Beechcraft 1900 turboprop which seats 19 passengers. The airport, which underwent a major upgrade late in 2006, contains a shop and a terminal for Regional Express flights plus free car parking.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Regional Express Airlines | Melbourne |
| Sharp Airlines | Launceston, King Island |
| Free Spirit Airlines | Melbourne–Essendon |
Statistics
Burnie Airport was ranked 49th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2010-2011.[1][3]
| Year[1] | Revenue passengers | Aircraft movements |
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| 2001-02 | 72,036 | 5,423 |
| 2002-03 | 88,567 | 4,982 |
| 2003-04 | 89,727 | 4,695 |
| 2004-05 | 94,984 | 6,757 |
| 2005-06 | 93,381 | 7,129 |
| 2006-07 | 87,529 | 6,384 |
| 2007-08 | 95,275 | 6,835 |
| 2008-09 | 86,916 | 6,419 |
| 2009-10 | 79,340 | 4,553 |
| 2010-11 | 70,402 | 3,050 |
At-Grade Railway Crossing
Until early 2000, Burnie airport had the distinction of having a railway line cross the northern end of runway 05/23,[4] complete with flashing red signals, but without boom gates. Lights would begin flashing approximately 5 minutes before the train was expected to cross the runway, and aircraft were prohibited to land during this time. Since then, the runway has been shortened to no-longer cross the railway line, but the old runway segment is still visible from aerial photography.
The railway line has not been in operation since 2003.[5]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Fiscal year 1 July - 30 June
- ↑ YWYY – Wynyard (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 10 November 2016, Aeronautical Chart
- 1 2 3 "Airport Traffic Data 1985-86 to 2010-11". Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). May 2012. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012. Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"
- ↑ http://www.airwaysmuseum.com/WYY%20rail%20crossing%201.htm
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-13.