Port Lincoln Airport | |
Iata: | PLO |
Icao: | YPLC |
Type: | Public |
Owner-Oper: | District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula |
City-Served: | Port Lincoln, South Australia |
Location: | North Shields |
Elevation-F: | 36 |
Coordinates: | -34.6053°N 135.8803°W |
Pushpin Map: | South Australia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in South Australia |
Pushpin Label: | YPLC |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 01/19 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,499 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
R2-Number: | 05/23 |
R2-Length-M: | 1,275 |
R2-Surface: | Gravel |
R3-Number: | 15/33 |
R3-Length-M: | 1,450 |
R3-Surface: | Gravel |
Stat-Year: | 2010/11 |
Stat1-Header: | Revenue passengers |
Stat1-Data: | 199,546 |
Stat2-Header: | Aircraft Movements |
Stat2-Data: | 7,316 |
Footnotes: | Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart.[1] Passenger and aircraft movements from the BITRE |
Port Lincoln Airport is an airport serving Port Lincoln, a city in the Australian state of South Australia. It is located 7NM north[1] of Port Lincoln, at North Shields.[2] The airport is owned and operated by the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula. It was the second busiest airport in South Australia during 2009/10, with 168,147 passengers served.
The airport is at an elevation of 36feet above sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 01/19 which measures 1499x and two additional runways with gravel surfaces: 05/23 measuring 1275x and 15/33 measuring 1450x. On 6 August 2013 a brand new airport terminal was officially opened, it cost $13.2 million.
Port Lincoln Airport was ranked 37th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2016–2017.[3] [4]