| Paraburdoo Airport | |
| Iata: | PBO |
| Icao: | YPBO |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | Rio Tinto Group |
| Operator: | Pilbara Iron |
| City-Served: | Paraburdoo, Western Australia |
| Elevation-F: | 1,406 |
| Coordinates: | -23.1714°N 117.7456°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Western Australia |
| Pushpin Label: | YPBO |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Western Australia |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| R1-Number: | 06/24 |
| R1-Length-M: | 2,132 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2010/11 |
| Stat1-Header: | Revenue passengers |
| Stat1-Data: | 205,219 |
| Stat2-Header: | Aircraft movements |
| Stat2-Data: | 2,748 |
| Footnotes: | Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1] Passenger and aircraft movements from the BITRE |
Paraburdoo Airport is an airport serving Paraburdoo, a town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The airport is located 5NM northeast[1] of Paraburdoo. It also serves the town of Tom Price, with bus services completing the extra 71km (44miles) to Tom Price.[2]
The airport is owned by Rio Tinto Group and operated by Pilbara Iron.[3] Paraburdoo's primary air traffic is made up by a mixture of Qantas and Virgin Australia flights, as well as general aviation light aircraft. Qantas operates 32 direct flights weekly to and from Perth. Virgin Australia operate two Perth direct flights per week, with two closed charter flights weekly to Carnarvon and Geraldton.
Paraburdoo Airport was ranked 34th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2010–2011.[5] [6]