Coondewanna Airport

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Coondewanna Airport
Summary
Operator BHP
Location Coondewanna, Western Australia
Elevation  AMSL 709 m / 2,327 ft
Coordinates 22°58′00″S118°48′08″E / 22.96667°S 118.80222°E / -22.96667; 118.80222
Map
Australia Western Australia location map.svg
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CJF
Location in Western Australia
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
08L/26R1,9506,398Concrete
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart, [1] STV [2]

Coondewanna Airport( IATA : CJF, ICAO : YCWA) is an airport located near Mount Meharry and the Area C mine, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

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There are around 16 flights per week from Perth to Coondewanna Airport and one from Busselton. The airport is owned and operated by BHP Iron Ore and is 2.4km from Coondewanna mining village camp. [3] The airport has been served by Virgin Australia and Alliance Airlines. [4]

History

Construction of an airstrip took place in 2001, alongside construction of a railway line, to support the opening of the Area C Mine in 2003. [5]

Major refurbishment to the airport was announced in 2017, to support increasing mining activities nearby. The refurbishment included resurfacing the runway and replacing the precision approach path indicator (PAPI). [6]

In the 12 months between November 2021 and October 2022, there were a total of 1800 aircraft movements involving A320s, Fokker 100s and Fokker 70s, and 155,300 passengers. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ YCWA – Coondewanna  (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia , effective 4 September 2025, Aeronautical Chart Archived 11 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Airport information for Coondewanna Airport at Transport Search website.
  3. 1 2 Pilbara Region Airspace Review (PDF). Office of Airpsace Regulation (Report). Australia: Civil Aviation Safety Authority. August 2023. D23/132629. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map".
  5. ↑ "Mining Area C Life of Project EMP" (PDF). epa.wa.gov.au. BHP Billiton. October 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  6. ↑ McKinnon, Stuart (8 December 2017). "Two Pilbara BHP wins for BGC Contracting". The West Australian. Retrieved 31 May 2025.


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