Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport
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Approach to the passenger terminal, 2016
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Wagners | ||||||||||
| Serves | Toowoomba | ||||||||||
| Location | Wellcamp | ||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 () | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,509 ft / 460 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°33′30″S 151°47′36″E / 27.55833°S 151.79333°ECoordinates: 27°33′30″S 151°47′36″E / 27.55833°S 151.79333°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www |
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Sources: Airservices Australia
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| Passengers | 120,700 |
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Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport (IATA: WTB, ICAO: YBWW) is an airport in Wellcamp, 8.4 nautical miles (15.6 km; 9.7 mi) west from the CBD of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. It was known as Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport until November 2017.
The airport and an associated aviation and business park is the brainchild of the Wagner family, a local prominent business family 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.
The runway is 2870 m long by 45 m wide, and capable of handling aircraft to Boeing 747 size. The airport is rated at Code E, and can handle aircraft up to the size and weight of B747-400 and B747-8 models. The airport is estimated to have a catchment area of 344,000 people. From YE 2016 the airport handled 120,700 passengers (a 71.7% growth from the previous year), making it the 35th busiest regional airport in Australia annually.
The Toowoomba region had not been serviced by a jet-capable airport at any time in the city's history. The extant Toowoomba City Aerodrome at Wilsonton in suburban residential Toowoomba has been historically restricted in development due to local council land development policy and poor local planning, although a runway extension in 2011 allowed for improved scheduled services with turboprop aircraft.
The Darling Downs and Surat Basin regions were subject to significant growth between 2005 and 2013, primarily due to coal mining and coal seam gas exploration. This industrial expansion coupled with the development of a transport hub and industrial estate at Charlton (10 km west of Toowoomba) provided the land corridor immediately west of Toowoomba with government-endorsed transport development opportunities.
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