Mount Isa Airport

Mount Isa Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerMount Isa Airport Pty Ltd
OperatorQueensland Airports
ServesMount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Elevation AMSL1,121 ft / 342 m
Coordinates20°39′50″S 139°29′19″E / 20.66389°S 139.48861°E / -20.66389; 139.48861
Websitewww.mountisaairport.com.au
Map
YBMA is located in Queensland
YBMA
YBMA
Location in Queensland
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 2,560 8,399 Asphalt
Statistics (2010-2011[1])
Revenue passengers217,525
Aircraft movements5,376
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[2] BITRE

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, 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]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference fiscal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b YBMA – Mount Isa (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 28 November 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 10 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Mount Isa Airport (ISA / YBMA)". Aviation Safety Network.
  4. ^ "RFDS QLD Home Page". Royal Flying Doctor Service. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Mount Isa Airport". Queensland Airports. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  6. ^ "About Mount Isa Airport". MountIsaAirport.com. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference BITRE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Barry, Derek. "RAAF unload jet fuel at Mount Isa for flood emergency". Collie Mail.

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