Learmonth Airport

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Learmonth Airport
Summary
Airport type Civil aviation
Owner Department of Defence
Operator Shire of Exmouth
Serves Exmouth, Western Australia
Elevation  AMSL 19 ft / 6 m
Coordinates 22°14′09″S114°05′19″E / 22.23583°S 114.08861°E / -22.23583; 114.08861
Website Learmonth Airport
Map
Australia Western Australia location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
YPLM
Location in Western Australia
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
18/363,0479,997 Asphalt/concrete
Statistics (2012/13 [1] )
Passengers90,861
Aircraft movements1,938
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart [2]
Passenger and aircraft movements from the BITRE [3]

Learmonth Airport( IATA : LEA, ICAO : YPLM) is a civil airport, co-located on the site of RAAF Base Learmonth, a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base. The airport is located near the town of Exmouth on the north-west coast of Western Australia, in Australia.

Contents

Established in the 1940s as an airfield, the current airport is operated by the Shire of Exmouth under a lease from the Australian Government Department of Defence and occupies an area of 23.9 hectares (59 acres) on the RAAF Base Learmonth site. The terminal opened on 3 December 1999. [4]

On 7 October 2008, Qantas Flight 72 made an emergency landing at RAAF Learmonth. On 1 June 2012, an AirAsia X flight to Perth made an emergency landing at Learmonth Airport for refuelling. [5] Learmonth is designated an emergency alternative airport in the case of fog or bad weather affecting Perth Airport. [6]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
QantasLink Perth

Statistics

Learmonth Airport was ranked 49th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2012–2013. [1] [3]

Annual passenger and aircraft statistics for Learmonth [3]
Year [1] Revenue passengersAircraft movements
2001-02
13,498
742
2002-03
17,428
986
2003-04
18,840
751
2004-05
25,374
859
2005-06
30,292
884
2006-07
36,840
1,052
2007-08
44,674
1,390
2008-09
43,210
1,260
2009-10
45,667
1,264
2010-11
55,759
1,429
2011-12
87,260
1,667
2012-13
90,861
1,938

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Fiscal year 1 July - 30 June
  2. YPLM – Learmonth  (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia , effective 2023-09-07, Aeronautical Chart Archived 11 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 3 "Airport Traffic Data 1985-86 to 2012-13". Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). March 2014. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014. Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"
  4. "About the Airport". Shire of Exmouth . Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  5. "Computer fault blamed for QF72 Qantas nose dive". Australian Aviation. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  6. "First steps to second Perth airport". Perth Now. 24 September 2013. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013.