Broken Hill Airport Explained

Broken Hill Airport
Iata:BHQ
Icao:YBHI
Type:Public
Operator:Council of the City of Broken Hill
Location:Broken Hill, New South Wales
Elevation-F:959
Coordinates:-32.0017°N 141.4717°W
Pushpin Map:New South Wales
Pushpin Label:YBHI
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in New South Wales
Website:brokenhill.nsw.gov.au
Metric-Rwy:Y
R1-Number:05/23
R1-Length-M:2515
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:14/32
R2-Length-M:1000
R2-Surface:Grass
Stat-Year:2010–11
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:63,098
Stat2-Header:Aircraft movements
Stat2-Data:2,846
Footnotes:Sources: AIP, Statistics from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics

Broken Hill Airport is an airport located 2.5NM southeast of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.

The airport currently is used as a base of operations for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia South-Eastern section thus making it a very important hub for this service.

It is also used extensively by the mining industry.

Statistics

Broken Hill Airport was ranked 51st in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2009–2010.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Airport Traffic Data 1985-86 to 2010-11 . Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) . May 2012 . 8 May 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324180211/https://www.bitre.gov.au/publications/ongoing/files/WebAirport_FY_1986-2011.xls . 24 March 2012 . Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"