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Barrow Island airport (Australia)
Barrow Island airport is located near with Onslow at 58mi↑, Dampier at 85mi↑, Karratha at 93mi↑, Roebourne at 94mi↑, Exmouth at 110mi↑, Roebourne at 112mi↑, Point Samson at 117mi↑, Exmouth at 127mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Australia and Southernmost airports in Australia
→ See also airports in Australia
aerial view of Barrow Island airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : YBWX
- IATA code : BWB
- Local code : -
Elevation : 8 m = 26ft
→ See also Highest airports in Australia and Lowest airports in Australia
Runways
- runway 03/21 : 1900m = 6234ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Australia
Coming to Barrow Island airport
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By plane :
- Barrow Island airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Onslow airport at 59mi : book on Trip.com
- Karratha airport at 89mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Barrow Island airport YBWX BWB
METAR for Barrow Island airport YBWX BWB
METAR YBWX 292030Z AUTO 25008KT //// // ////// 29/26 Q1004 RMK RF00.0/000.0
Decoded METAR for Barrow Island airport YBWX BWB
METAR issued by YBWX on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 20:30 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 37 days and 898 hours and -53224 minutes ago.
visibility is = .
The temperature is 29°C = 84°F, dew point is 26°C = 79°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 84 %.
QNH is 1004hPa = 29.65inHg
Wind 15km/h = 8kt, direction is 250°.
Sky clear.
Remarks : RF000/0000
TAF for Barrow Island airport YBWX BWB
YBWX 291607Z 2918/3006 23014KT CAVOK FM300000 15006KT CAVOK FM300400 30014KT CAVOK RMK T 30 30 31 33 Q 1004 1004 1006 1006
Decoded TAF for Barrow Island airport YBWX BWB
TAF issued by YBWX on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 16:07 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 37 days and 15 hours and 19 minutes. weather forecast for 12 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Saturday, March 29, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Saturday, March 29, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
2918/3006 23014KT CAVOK
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
wind 14kt = 26km/h, direction is 230°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
from Saturday, March 29, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Sunday, March 30, 2025 à 04:00 heure UTC
FM300000 15006KT CAVOK
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is 150°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
from Sunday, March 30, 2025 à 04:00 heure TU to Sunday, March 30, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
FM300400 30014KT CAVOK
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
wind 14kt = 26km/h, direction is 300°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
VAC for Barrow Island airport YBWX BWB
The Visual Approach Chart (VAC Visual Approach Chart) is provided without any guarantee of its timeliness. The pilot is the only person responsible for the verification of its validity before using it operationally to prepare a flight or to use it during its navigation.
NOTAM for Barrow Island airport
Around Barrow Island airport (Australia)
near
- Hotels in Onslow
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 4200mi↑
- Station de montagne Saint-Moritz at 7982mi↑
- Station de montagne Davos Klosters at 7984mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 7995mi↑
- Station de montagne Laax at 8011mi↑
- Station de montagne Aletsch Arena at 8064mi↑
- Station de montagne Saas Fee at 8071mi↑
- Station de montagne Grindelwald-Wengen at 8072mi↑
- Station de montagne Zermatt at 8080mi↑
- Station de montagne Kandersteg-Sunnbüel-Oeschinensee at 8085mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 8086mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 8088mi↑
- for Barrow Island airport at 0mi↑
- for Mardi Station airport at 44mi↑
- for Thevenard Island airport at 49mi↑
nearest airports to Barrow Island airport (Australia)
- Mardi Station airport (YMDZ ) at 44mi↑NOTAM
- Thevenard Island airport (YTHV ) at 49mi↑NOTAM
- Fortescue River airport (YFCU ) at 56mi↑
- Onslow airport (YOLW ONS ) at 59mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Pannawonica airport (YPNW ) at 79mi↑
- Minderoo Station airport (YMDR ) at 82mi↑NOTAM
- Red Hill Station airport (YRHL ) at 87mi↑NOTAM
- Karratha airport (YPKA KTA ) at 89mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Wickham airport (YWKH ) at 112mi↑defunct airport
- Roebourne airport (YROE RBU ) at 113mi↑NOTAM
- Yardie Homestead airport ( AU-0047) at 114mi↑
- Nantarra airport (YNNT ) at 115mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Australia
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap