Warraber Island Airport
Warraber Island Airport is an airport in Sue Islet, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. It was named Nelson Airport and officially opened on 26 November 1977.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Australia
- Also known as: “SYU” and “YWBS”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Warraber.
Warraber
Island
Sue Islet, also known as Warraber, is the middle islet of The Three Sisters, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. This island is one of the Torres Strait Islands and is within the locality of Warraber Islet in the Torres Strait Island Region.
Warraber Island Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-10.20738° or 10° 12′ 27″ south
Longitude
142.82354° or 142° 49′ 25″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
IATA airport code
SYU
ICAO airport code
YWBS
United Nations Location Code
AU SYU
Open location code
5RX4QRVF+2C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Warraber Island Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Warraber Island Airport”
- French: “YWBS”
- Indonesian: “SYU”
- Indonesian: “YWBS”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Warraber Island”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Warraber Island”
- Swedish: “Warraber Island Airport”
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