Weipa Airport, Queensland
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Weipa Airport | |||||||||||||
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 Weipa airport departure lounge, 2007 | |||||||||||||
  Weipa Airport | |||||||||||||
 Interactive map of Weipa Airport | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 12°40′42″S 141°55′29″E / 12.6784°S 141.9247°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 1.2 km2 (0.46 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 0 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0/km2 (0.0/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4874 | ||||||||||||
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Weipa Airport is a rural locality in Weipa Town, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Weipa Airport had "no people or a very low population".[1]
The land is used for the airport runways and associated buildings and not for any other purposes. There remains some undeveloped land.[3] 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.[3]
History
As the name suggests, the locality contains the Weipa Airport.[3]
