Airports / Australia / WHB
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
65 nm
To the nearest alternate
Paraburdoo Airport (PBO).
Overview
Eliwana (YEWA / WHB) is a mid-sized airport serving Australia. The airport sits 1,576 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into WHB for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Paraburdoo Airport (PBO, 65 nm), Karratha Airport (KTA, 103 nm), and Learmonth Airport (LEA, 156 nm).
Charter pricing from WHB depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from WHB.
Field capability
ICAO
YEWA
IATA
WHB
FAA / Local
YEWA
Elevation
1,576 ft
Coordinates
22.4284° S · 116.8879° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Australia fields
state range 7–4,260 ft
At 1,576 ft, WHB sits higher than 91% of the 191 Australia fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 65nmPBOParaburdoo AirportParaburdoo
- 103nmKTAKarratha AirportKarratha
- 156nmLEALearmonth AirportExmouth
- 157nmPHEPort Hedland International AirportPort Hedland
- 172nmZNENewman AirportNewman
- 230nmCVQCarnarvon AirportCarnarvon
Location
Open the full mapYEWA · Eliwana