Boolgeeda Airport

Boolgeeda Airport
Boolgeeda Airport front entry
IATA: OCM ICAO: YBGD
Summary
Airport type	Private
Owner	Pilbara Iron
Operator	Aerodrome Management Services
Location	Brockman 4 mine
Elevation  AMSL	1,871 ft / 570 m
Coordinates	22°32′23″S117°16′31″E / 22.53972°S 117.27528°E / -22.53972; 117.27528
Map
OCM Location of the airport in Western Australia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 1,682 5,518 Asphalt
Sources: Australian Aeronautical Information Publication [1]

Boolgeeda Airport( IATA : OCM, ICAO : YBGD) is an airport serving the Brockman 4 mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

In 2012, the gravel runway was sealed and lengthened to 2.2 kilometres to allow Airbus A320, Fokker 100 and Boeing 737s to use it. ^{[2] [3] [4]} The airport reopened on 27 November 2012 with a regional flight from Busselton while direct flights from Perth commenced on 3 December.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
QantasLink	Charter: Perth [ citation needed ]
Virgin Australia Regional Airlines	Charter: Albany,[ citation needed ] Busselton,[ citation needed ] Geraldton,[ citation needed ] Perth [ citation needed ]

References

Media related to Boolgeeda Airport at Wikimedia Commons

1. YBGD – Boolgeeda  (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia , effective 4 September 2025
2. Boolgeeda Airport Upgrade NRW Holdings
3. Brockman 4 Pioneering Works NRW Holdings
4. Boolgeeda Airport Aerodrome Management Services