| Learmonth Airport | |
| Iata: | LEA |
| Icao: | YPLM |
| Type: | Civil aviation |
| Owner: | Department of Defence |
| Operator: | Shire of Exmouth |
| City-Served: | Exmouth, Western Australia |
| Elevation-F: | 19 |
| Coordinates: | -22.2358°N 114.0886°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Western Australia |
| Pushpin Label: | YPLM |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Western Australia |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| R1-Number: | 18/36 |
| R1-Length-M: | 3,047 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt/concrete |
| Stat-Year: | 2012/13 |
| Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
| Stat1-Data: | 90,861 |
| Stat2-Header: | Aircraft movements |
| Stat2-Data: | 1,938 |
| Footnotes: | Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1] Passenger and aircraft movements from the BITRE |
Learmonth Airport 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.
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 on the RAAF Base Learmonth site. The terminal opened on 3 December 1999.[2]
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.[3] Learmonth is designated an emergency alternative airport in the case of fog or bad weather affecting Perth Airport.[4]
Learmonth Airport was ranked 49th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2012–2013.[5] [6]