Weipa Airport, Queensland

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Weipa Airport
Queensland
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Weipa Airport
Coordinates 12°40′42″S141°55′29″E / 12.6784°S 141.9247°E / -12.6784; 141.9247 Coordinates: 12°40′42″S141°55′29″E / 12.6784°S 141.9247°E / -12.6784; 141.9247
Postcode(s) 4874
Area1.2 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
LGA(s) Weipa Town
State electorate(s) Cook
Federal Division(s) Leichhardt
Suburbs around Weipa Airport:
Mission River Mission River Mission River
Mission River Weipa Airport Mission River
Mission River Mission River Mission River

Weipa Airport is a locality in Weipa Town, Queensland, Australia. [1]

Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia, used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs.

Weipa Town Local government area in Queensland, Australia

Weipa Town is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia. It covers the town of Weipa on the western coast of the Cape York Peninsula. It is an unusual local government area as it is not governed and managed by a council elected by residents but rather by the company Comalco through a governing body called the Weipa Town Authority. In the 2011 census, Weipa Town had a population of 3,334 people.

Queensland North-east state of Australia

Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. To its north is the Torres Strait, with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland. The state is the world's sixth-largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres (715,309 sq mi).

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History

As the name suggests, the locality contains the Weipa Airport. [2]

Weipa Airport airport in Australia

Weipa Airport is an airport in Weipa, Queensland, Australia. The airport is 4 nautical miles southeast of the town.

Geography

The land is used for the airport runways and associated buildings and not for any other purposes. There remains some undeveloped land. [2] This locality is disconnected from the other localities of Weipa Town and is entirely surrounded by the locality of Mission River in the Shire of Cook. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Weipa Airport - locality in Weipa Town (entry 41048)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 5 February 2018.


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