Karratha Airport

Karratha Airport
IATA: KTA – ICAO: YPKA
KTA
Location of airport in Western Australia
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Shire of Roebourne
Location Karratha, Western Australia
Elevation AMSL 29 ft / 9 m
Website http://www.roebourne.wa.gov.au/facilitiesairport.htm
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 7,480 2,280 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Karratha Airport (IATA: KTA, ICAO: YPKA) is an airport in Karratha, Western Australia. The airport is 14 km from Karratha and 8 km from Dampier. The airport was opened in December 1983, and upgraded in 1998. The Karratha Airport is the second busiest Airport in Western Australia with Perth Airport being the busiest. In the year ending 30 June 2009 the airport handled 486 582 passengers nearly 100 000 increase over 2008 and is ranked 18th busiest in Australia. For the year ending June 2010 it was 587,211 passengers.[3] By 2011 it had reached 671,000 passengers, of which the vast majority are fly-in fly-out.[4] Port Hedland International Airport is northeast of this airport.

Contents

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Airnorth Broome, Darwin, Port Hedland
Qantas Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney
Qantas operated by QantasLink Perth
Skywest Perth
Virgin Australia Perth

Operations

Busiest Domestic Routes out of Karratha Airport
(Year Ending September 2010)[5]
Rank Airport Passengers carried  % Change
1 Perth Airport 574,900 NA*

*Karratha-Perth route data only included from October 2008

References

  1. ^ Airport information for YPKA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  2. ^ Airport information for KTA at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
  3. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_busiest_airports_in_Australia
  4. ^ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/fifo-flights-growing-at-breakneck-speed/story-e6frg95x-1226195001965
  5. ^ Domestic airline activity

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