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Eliwana

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YEWA

Elevation

1576 ft

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Location

WA · Australia

Position

-22.428°, 116.888° · 1576 ft elev.

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Remote mining airstrip serving the Eliwana iron ore project.

Opened

2021

Location

Pilbara, Australia

Eliwana Airport (IATA: WHB, ICAO: YEWA) is a fly-in fly-out (FIFO) airstrip located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, serving the Eliwana iron ore mine operated by Fortescue Metals Group (FMG). The airport was developed as part of the broader Eliwana Mine and Rail Project, which expanded FMG's iron ore operations in the region. The facility is a private, non-public airport primarily used for transporting mine workers to and from the remote site. It is not served by commercial scheduled passenger services open to the general public.

Getting to & from

No public ground transport is available; access is exclusively managed by Fortescue Metals Group for mine personnel.

Airlines here

Charter flights operated by contract carriers serve FIFO workforce rotations for Fortescue Metals Group.

Notable facts

›Serves the Eliwana iron ore mine operated by Fortescue Metals Group in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
›Used exclusively as a fly-in fly-out (FIFO) facility for mine workers.
›The airport is a private facility not open to the general public.
›Part of the Eliwana Mine and Rail Project, one of FMG's major expansion initiatives.
›Located in a remote area of the Pilbara, one of Australia's key iron ore producing regions.

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Eliwana mine

Iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia

The Eliwana mine is an iron ore mine operated by the Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) and located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 90 km (56 mi) west of Tom Price. The mine forms the core of the company's Western Hub, one of three of its active mining areas, together with the Chichester Hub…

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