Airports / Australia / BWT
Wynyard Airport
YWYY / BWTBurnie, AustraliaELEV 62 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
31 nm
To the nearest alternate
Smithton Airport (SIO) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Wynyard Airport (YWYY / BWT) is a mid-sized airport serving Burnie, Australia. The field lies at an elevation of 62 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
BWT has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Smithton Airport (SIO, 31 nm), Devonport Airport (DPO, 34 nm), and Launceston Airport (LST, 75 nm).
Quotes for flights out of BWT vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from BWT, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
YWYY
IATA
BWT
FAA / Local
YWYY
Elevation
62 ft
Coordinates
40.9970° S · 145.7260° 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
Yes
Elevation vs Australia fields
state range 7–4,260 ft
At 62 ft, BWT sits lower than 76% 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.
- 31nmSIOSmithton Airport
- 34nmDPODevonport AirportDevonport
- 75nmLSTLaunceston AirportLaunceston (Western Junction)
- 108nmKNSKing Island Airport
- 136nmHBAHobart International AirportHobart (Cambridge)
- 171nmTGNLatrobe Valley AirportMorwell
Location
Open the full mapYWYY · Wynyard Airport · Burnie, Australia