Newman Airport | |
Iata: | ZNE |
Icao: | YNWN |
Type: | Public |
Owner-Oper: | Shire of East Pilbara |
Location: | Newman, Western Australia |
Elevation-F: | 1,724 |
Coordinates: | -23.4178°N 119.8028°W |
Pushpin Map: | Western Australia |
Pushpin Label: | YNWN |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Western Australia |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 05/23 |
R1-Length-M: | 2,072 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2012/13 |
Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
Stat1-Data: | 431,683 |
Stat2-Header: | Aircraft movements |
Stat2-Data: | 4,479 |
Footnotes: | Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1] Passenger and aircraft movements from the BITRE |
Newman Airport is an airport near Newman, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, situated 5.5NM southeast[1] of the town.
The airport is owned and maintained by the Shire of East Pilbara.[2] Newman's primary air traffic is made up by a mixture of light aircraft, QantasLink and Virgin Australia flights. QantasLink and Virgin Australia fly RPT flights to Perth only (with the exception of their regular charter flights) whereas the lighter aircraft[3] fly to outer communities as well as to Port Hedland and other Pilbara towns.
Newman Airport was ranked 28th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2010–2011.[4]
Rank | Airport | Passengers carried | % change | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | , Perth Airport | 438,884 | 46.4 |