Broken Hill Airport

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Broken Hill Airport
Broken Hill Airport overview Vabre.jpg
  • IATA: BHQ
  • ICAO: YBHI
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorCouncil of the City of Broken Hill
LocationBroken Hill, New South Wales
Elevation AMSL959 ft / 292 m
Coordinates32°00′06″S 141°28′18″E / 32.00167°S 141.47167°E / -32.00167; 141.47167Coordinates: 32°00′06″S 141°28′18″E / 32.00167°S 141.47167°E / -32.00167; 141.47167
Websitewww.brokenhill.nsw.gov.au
Map
YBHI is located in New South Wales
YBHI
YBHI
Location in New South Wales
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 2,515 8,251 Asphalt
14/32 1,000 3,281 Grass
Statistics (2010-11[1])
Passengers63,098
Aircraft movements2,846

Broken Hill Airport (IATA: BHQ, ICAO: YBHI) is an airport located 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) southeast[2] of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.

The airport currently is used as a base of operations for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia South-Eastern section thus making it a very important hub for this service.

It is also used extensively by the mining industry.

Airlines and destinations[]

AirlinesDestinations
QantasLink Sydney (begins 8 April 2022)[4]
Regional Express Adelaide, Dubbo, Griffith,[5] Mildura, Sydney

Statistics[]

Broken Hill Airport was ranked 51st in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2009–2010.[3]

Annual passenger and aircraft statistics for Broken Hill[3]
Year[1] Revenue passengers Aircraft movements
2001-02
28,287
1,998
2002-03
29,168
2,215
2003-04
34,457
2,313
2004-05
39,281
2,412
2005-06
43,631
2,441
2006-07
48,405
2,453
2007-08
59,561
2,841
2008-09
55,809
2,738
2009-10
60,469
2,682
2010-11
63,098
2,846

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Fiscal year 1 July - 30 June
  2. ^ a b YBHI – Broken Hill (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 2 Dec 2021
  3. ^ 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"
  4. ^ "Qantas challenging Rex in Broken Hill after 18-year run for regional airline". ABC News.
  5. ^ "Flight Schedules".


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