Shark Bay Airport

Monkey Mia Airport
IATA: MJK ICAO: YSHK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Shire of Shark Bay
Operator	RAC Tourism Assets Pty Ltd
Serves	Denham
Location	Denham, Western Australia, Shark Bay
Opened	1994
Elevation  AMSL	111 ft / 34 m
Coordinates	25°53′36″S113°34′36″E / 25.89333°S 113.57667°E / -25.89333; 113.57667
Map
YSHK Location in Western Australia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 18/36 1,690 5,545 Asphalt
Sources: AIP [1]

Monkey Mia Airport( IATA : MJK, ICAO : YSHK), also known as Shark Bay Airport, ^[2] is an airport located on the Peron Peninsula within the Shark Bay World Heritage Site in the Gascoyne region serving Monkey Mia, a resort in Western Australia, and the nearby town of Denham.

History

In the late 1980s, the construction of a new airport was proposed, however, it was on Aboriginal land. Site surveys were conducted, which was assessed for the Airport Syndicate. ^[3]

Monkey Mia Airport was then built in 1994 to replace the old Denham Airport, which the State Government funded $67,600 for. In October 2004, the State Government additionally funded $18,200 for the project, which when complete could allow aircraft to use the airstrip 24/7. This was a part of the broader 2003-04 Regional Airports Development Scheme funding round, which were to allocate $2 million towards 37 airport projects. ^[4] On 20 December 2011, Monkey Mia Airport was assigned as a category 6 security controlled airport under regulation 3.0 IB of the Aviation Transport Security Regulations 2005. ^[5]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Rex Airlines	Carnarvon, Perth

See also

• List of airports in Western Australia
• Aviation transport in Australia

References

1. YSHK – Shark Bay  (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia , effective 4 September 2025
2. "Monkey Mia / Shark Bay Airport". westernaustralia.com. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
3. Bowdler, S. (1992). An Aboriginal sites survey in the area of the proposed new airport, Denham, Shark Bay (Report). Perth.
4. "State Government boosts funds to Shark Bay Airport". Government of Western Australia. Gallop Labor Government. 1 October 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
5. Mark Stephen Sheen (December 2011). Notice Assigning Airport Categorisation – Shark Bay/Monkey Mia Airport (Report). Department of Infrastructure and Transport. Cat No. S34411. Retrieved 7 March 2025.