Wittenoom Gorge Airport
Wittenoom Gorge Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Aerial photo of Wittenoom Gorge Airport taken on 22 September, 1973. | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Defunct | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Department of Civil Aviation | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Wittenoom, Western Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Wittenoom Contaminated Site | ||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°13′35″S 118°21′41″E / 22.22639°S 118.36139°E | ||||||||||||||
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Wittenoom Gorge Airport (ICAO YWIT, IATA WIT) is a former airfield located in Wittenoom, Pilbara region of Western Australia. In the 1950s, it played a key role Wittenoom’s asbestos industry by facilitating the immigration of workers. It was also was operated by the Department of Civil Aviation, and was closed in 1993.