Boolgeeda Airport

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Boolgeeda Airport
Boolgeeda Airport front entry November 2018.jpg
Boolgeeda Airport front entry
Summary
Airport typePrivate
Owner Rio Tinto Group
Operator Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd
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
Australia Western Australia location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
OCM
Location of the airport in Western Australia
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
08/261,6825,518Asphalt
Sources: Australian AIP [1]

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

Contents

The airport officially opened on 27 November 2012 with a regional flight from Busselton while direct flights from Perth commenced on 3 December.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
QantasLink Charter: Perth
Virgin Australia Regional Airlines Charter: Albany, Busselton, Geraldton, Perth

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References

  1. YBGD – Boolgeeda  (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia , effective 2023-11-30