Mount Isa Airport
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AMSL 1,121 ft / 342 m | | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°39′50″S 139°29′19″E / 20.66389°S 139.48861°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.mountisaairport.com.au | ||||||||||
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  YBMA Location in Queensland | |||||||||||
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Mount Isa Airport (IATA: ISA, ICAO: YBMA)[3] is an airport serving the western Queensland city of Mount Isa, Australia.[2] It is served by a variety of scheduled regional airlines, with flights to Brisbane, Townsville and Cairns as well as several other regional centres.
The
Royal Flying Doctor Service has one of its nine Queensland bases at Mount Isa Airport.[4]
Since 2005 the airport has been owned by
Queensland Airports Limited, which also owns Townsville Airport, Longreach Airport and Gold Coast Airport.[5][6]
In the 2010–11
financial year,[1] Mount Isa Airport handled 217,525 passengers, a 25.1% increase over the previous year.[7]
In 2019, the airport was a base for relief efforts for the North West Queensland floods.[8]
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 1,121 ft (342 m) above sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,560 m × 45 m (8,399 ft × 148 ft) and is 3.4 nautical miles (6.3 km; 3.9 mi) north of the city[2]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Alliance Airlines | Charter: Brisbane |
| Bonza | Gold Coast[9] |
| Qantas | Brisbane |
| QantasLink | Brisbane, Cloncurry, Townsville |
| Rex Airlines | Bedourie, Birdsville, Brisbane, Burketown, Boulia, Cairns, Charleville, Doomadgee, Gununa, Hughenden, Julia Creek, Karumba, Normanton, Quilpie, Richmond, Toowoomba, Townsville, Windorah |
| Virgin Australia | Brisbane |
Statistics
Mount Isa Airport was
| Year[1] | Revenue passengers | Aircraft movements |
|---|---|---|
| 2001-02 | 89,433 |
3,548
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| 2002-03 | 88,793(-0.7%) |
3,736(+5.3%)
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| 2003-04 | 99,205(+11.7%) |
3,596(-3.7%)
|
| 2004-05 | 111,303(+12.2%) |
3,541(-1.5%)
|
| 2005-06 | 132,475(+19.0%) |
3,769(+6.4%)
|
| 2006-07 | 155,572(+17.4%) |
4,185(+11.0%)
|
| 2007-08 | 186,679(+20.0%) |
4,645(+11.0%)
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| 2008-09 | 173,517(-7.1%) |
3,467(-25.4%)
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| 2009-10 | 173,813(+0.2%) |
3,743(+8.0%)
|
| 2010-11 | 217,525(25.1%) |
5,376(37.2%)
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Accidents and incidents
On 22 September 1966 a
left wing broke away. The aircraft crashed 12 mi (19 km) west of Winton. All on board were killed.[10] It remains the fifth-worst accident in Australia's civil aviation history.[11]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Fiscal year 1 July – 30 June
- ^ a b c YBMA – Mount Isa (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 21 March 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 10 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Aviation Safety Network.
- ^ "RFDS QLD Home Page". Royal Flying Doctor Service. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ "Mount Isa Airport". Queensland Airports. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "About Mount Isa Airport". MountIsaAirport.com. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ a b c "Airport Traffic Data 1985-86 to 2010-11". Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). May 2012. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012. Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"
- ^ Barry, Derek. "RAAF unload jet fuel at Mount Isa for flood emergency". Collie Mail.
- ^ "Bonza heads to the Outback with new Mount Isa route". Australian Aviation. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ Vickers Viscount No. 416 – Operational Record. Retrieved 2011-08-25
- ^ Ten Worst Aircraft Crashes in Australia Archived 19 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2011-08-25
External links
- Mount Isa Airport, official site
