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Coordinates: 22°14′09″S 114°05′19″E / 22.23583°S 114.08861°E / -22.23583; 114.08861
  
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This article is about the civilian aerodrome. For the military air base, see RAAF Base Learmonth.

Learmonth Airport
  • ICAO: YPLM
    • Summary
    Airport typeCivil aviation
    OwnerDepartment of Defence
    OperatorShire of Exmouth
    ServesExmouth, Western Australia
    Elevation AMSL19 ft / 6 m
    Coordinates22°14′09″S 114°05′19″E / 22.23583°S 114.08861°E / -22.23583; 114.08861
    WebsiteLearmonth Airport
    Map
    YPLM is located in Western Australia
    YPLM

    YPLM

    Location in Western Australia

    Runways
    Direction Length Surface
    m ft
    18/36 3,047 9,997 Asphalt/concrete
    Statistics (2012/13[1])
    Passengers90,861
    Aircraft movements1,938

    Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[2]
    Passenger and aircraft movements from the BITRE[3]

    Learmonth Airport (IATA: LEA, ICAO: YPLM) 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 23.9 hectares (59 acres) on the RAAF Base Learmonth site. The terminal opened on 3 December 1999.[4]

    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.[5] Learmonth is designated an emergency alternative airport in the case of fog or bad weather affecting Perth Airport.[6]

    Airlines and destinations

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    AirlinesDestinations
    QantasLink Perth

    Statistics

    [edit]

    Learmonth Airport was ranked 49th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2012–2013.[1][3]

    Annual passenger and aircraft statistics for Learmonth[3]
    Year[1] Revenue passengers Aircraft movements
    2001-02
    13,498
    742
    2002-03
    17,428
    986
    2003-04
    18,840
    751
    2004-05
    25,374
    859
    2005-06
    30,292
    884
    2006-07
    36,840
    1,052
    2007-08
    44,674
    1,390
    2008-09
    43,210
    1,260
    2009-10
    45,667
    1,264
    2010-11
    55,759
    1,429
    2011-12
    87,260
    1,667
    2012-13
    90,861
    1,938

    See also

    [edit]

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ a b c Fiscal year 1 July - 30 June
  • ^ YPLM – Learmonth (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 11 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  • ^ a b c "Airport Traffic Data 1985-86 to 2012-13". Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). March 2014. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014. Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"
  • ^ "About the Airport". Shire of Exmouth. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  • ^ "Computer fault blamed for QF72 Qantas nose dive". Australian Aviation. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  • ^ "First steps to second Perth airport". Perth Now. 24 September 2013. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013.
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