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Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport is an airport in Wellcamp, west from the CBD of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. The airport and an associated aviation and business park is the brainchild of the Wagner family, a local prominent business family in the Toowoomba region. BWWA is the first major greenfield public airport development in Australia since Melbourne Airport opened in 1970. It is also the first privately funded major airport in the country. The runway is 2870 m long by 45 m wide, and capable of handling aircraft to 747 size.〔 The airport is rated at Code E, and can handle aircraft up the 747-400 and -8 models. The airport is estimated to have a catchment area of 344,000 people. ==History== The Toowoomba region has not been serviced by a jet capable airport at anytime in the city's history. The extant Toowoomba Airport at Wilsonton in suburban Toowoomba has been historically restricted in development due to local council land development policy and poor local planning, although a runway extension in 2011 allowed for improved turbine RPT services. The Darling Downs and Surat Basin regions have been subject to significant growth between 2005 and 2013, primarily due to coal mining and coal seam gas exploration. This industrial expansion coupled with the development of a transport hub and industrial estate at Charlton (10 km west of Toowoomba) has provided the land corridor immediately west of Toowoomba with government endorsed transport development opportunities. Construction on the site, a former quarry owned by the Wagner family since 1994 began in April 2013, with an ambitious timeframe for completion by October 2014.〔 On 22 November 2013, a Beech King Air owned and piloted by John Wagner became the first aircraft to land on the new runway. On 15 January 2014, the first concrete for the terminal building was poured. In June 2014, work began on sealing the runway and movement areas using EFC, a low-carbon cement free concrete developed by Wagners' boosting the airport's green credentials. On 17 November 2014, the first regular public transport service commenced between Sydney Airport and Wellcamp airport. On the 23 November 2015, the first jumbo aircraft arrived from Sydney. The Cathay Pacific 747 freighter aircraft made a brief stop enroute from Sydney Airport to Hong Kong to collect produce bound for China. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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