Normanton Airport

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Normanton Airport
Summary
Operator Shire of Carpentaria
Location Normanton, Queensland
Elevation  AMSL 73 ft / 22 m
Coordinates 17°41′06″S141°04′12″E / 17.68500°S 141.07000°E / -17.68500; 141.07000
Map
Australia Queensland location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
YNTN
Location in Queensland
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
14/321,6765,499 Asphalt
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart [1]

Normanton Airport( IATA : NTN, ICAO : YNTN) is an airport in Normanton, Queensland, Australia. A new terminal was opened in February 2006. [2]

Contents

In 2006, the airport received A$ 132,115 for security upgrades. [3]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Rex Airlines Burketown, Cairns, Doomadgee, Gununa, Mount Isa
West Wing Aviation Century Mine, Doomadgee, Karumba, Mount Isa

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References

  1. YNTN – Normanton  (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia , effective 2023-11-30, Aeronautical Chart Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Normanton Airport".
  3. Ian Campbell (Australian politician),  Minister for the Environment and Heritage (10 August 2006). "Questions on Notice, Regional Airport Funding Program" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . Commonwealth of Australia: Australian Senate. p. 169. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024.