Lord Howe Island Airport

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Lord Howe Island Airport
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Runway in 2016
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator Lord Howe Island Board
Serves Lord Howe Island Australia
OpenedSeptember 1974
Elevation  AMSL 17 ft / 5 m
Coordinates 31°32′18″S159°04′38″E / 31.53833°S 159.07722°E / -31.53833; 159.07722
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Lord Howe Island Airport
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Sources: AIP and aerodrome chart [1]

Lord Howe Island Airport( IATA : LDH [2] , ICAO : YLHI) is an airport providing air transportation to Lord Howe Island. [1] It is operated by the Lord Howe Island Board. [1] Prior to its opening in September 1974, Lord Howe Island was served by flying boats from Rose Bay Water Airport. [3] The pending cessation of flying boat operations prompted the NSW Government and the then Australian Department of Transport to engage the Australian Army Corps of Engineers to build a grass runway, thus allowing land-based aircraft to operate to the island. [4] [5]

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Light aircraft transit

Lord Howe Island (along with Norfolk Island) is an important transit and refueling point for light aircraft flying between Australia and New Zealand. Located 600 km (373 mi) to the west is the Australian mainland, and 900 km (559 mi) to the east is Norfolk Island Airport which is within range of New Zealand to the southeast and New Caledonia to the north. These countries are within the range of many light aircraft when fitted with extra fuel tanks and operating via the two islands, but not while flying directly between them. From New Caledonia, other Pacific nations such as Vanuatu and Fiji are within range and can be used as further 'stepping stones' to other South Pacific and North Pacific destinations.

Facilities

The airport's elevation above mean sea level is 17 ft (5 m) and it has one runway, measuring 886 m × 30 m (2,907 ft × 98 ft). [1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Eastern Air Services [6] Gold Coast, Newcastle, Port Macquarie
QantasLink [7] Sydney (ends 25 February 2026) [8]
Skytrans Sydney (begins 26 February 2026) [8]

Statistics

Lord Howe Island Airport served 33,385 revenue passengers during financial year [9] 2009–2010, [10] ranking it 64th amongst airports in Australia.

Annual passenger and aircraft statistics for Lord Howe Island Airport [10]
Year [9] Revenue passengersAircraft movements
2001–02
25,674
1,014
2002–03
25,605
1,046
2003–04
26,647
1,063
2004–05
26,769
1,099
2005–06
30,736
1,219
2006–07
32,454
1,250
2007–08
34,736
1,302
2008–09
33,442
1,276
2009–10
33,385
1,245
2010–11
31,569
1,247

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 YLHI – Lord Howe Island  (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia , effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 10 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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  9. 1 2 Fiscal year 1 July – 30 June
  10. 1 2 "Airport Traffic Data 1985–86 to 2010–11". Bureau of Infrastructure & Transport Research Economics. May 2012. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012. Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"