| Horn Island Airport | |
| Iata: | HID |
| Icao: | YHID |
| Type: | Public |
| Operator: | Torres Shire Council |
| Location: | Horn Island, Queensland |
| Elevation-F: | 43 |
| Coordinates: | -10.5856°N 142.2928°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Queensland#Australia#Southeast Asia |
| Pushpin Label: | YHID |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Hub: | Torres Strait Air |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| R1-Number: | 08/26 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,389 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| R2-Number: | 14/32 |
| R2-Length-M: | 1,235 |
| R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Footnotes: | Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1] |
Horn Island Airport is a minor international airport on Horn Island in the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. Domestic fixed wing charter flights and scheduled flights are carried out by SkyTrans, Hinterland Aviation, Cape Air Transport, Horizon Airways, and Torres Strait Air. The only International services are carried out by Torres Strait Air, with charter flights to Papua New Guinea.
The Civil Constructional Corps and the Department of Main Roads began construction of an advanced operational airbase on the island during World War II, commencing in 1940. RAAF Base Horn Island was completed in 1941 and was used as a staging base for Allied aircraft moving between Australia and New Guinea.[2] The airfield consisted of two intersecting runways, with revetments for aircraft parking.
After Darwin, Horn Island was the second-most bombed area of Australia by the Japanese in World War II.[3]
The Horn Island Veterans Memorial in front of the airport commemorates the American and Australian servicemen who fought and died in the defence of Horn Island and the Torres Strait during World War II. It was designed by Vanessa Seekee OAM and Gordon Cameron OAM from local materials.[4]