Broome International Airport

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Broome International Airport
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IATA: BMEICAO: YBRM
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Broome International Airport
Location Broome, Western Australia
Elevation AMSL 56 ft / 17 m
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Website www.broomeair.com.au
Map
YBRM is located in Western Australia
YBRM
YBRM
Location in Western Australia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,368 7,769 Asphalt
Statistics (2010/11[1])
Passengers 5,828
Aircraftmovements 5,828
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[2]
passenger and aircraftmovements from the BITRE[3]

Broome International Airport (IATA: BMEICAO: YBRM) is a regional airport located 0.4 nautical miles (0.74 km; 0.46 mi) west of the Broome GPO, Western Australia.

Broome International Airport is the regional hub of the northwestern part of Western Australia. It is considered the gateway to the Kimberley region. In the year ending 30 June 2011 the airport handled 409,663 passengers. It is ranked the 20th busiest airport in Australia.[1][3]

From 18 November 2010 Broome International became a Class D non-radar controlled aerodrome which means that aircraft are separated by air traffic controllers based on estimates provided by pilots and reporting their distances and altitudes from the airfield.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Airnorth Darwin, Karratha,[4] Kununurra, Port Hedland
Skippers Aviation Derby, Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek
QantasLink operated by Cobham Aviation Perth
Qantas Perth
Seasonal: Brisbane,[5] Melbourne, Sydney
Virgin Australia Regional Airlines Perth

Operations

Busiest domestic routes into and out of Broome Airport
(FY 2012[1])[6]
Rank Airport Passengers carried  % change
1 Perth Airport 313,627 Decrease2.7

Accidents and incidents

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fiscal year 1 July – 30 June
  2. YBRM – Broome (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 3 March 2016, Aeronautical Chart
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  4. Airnorth announces flights to Port Hedland and Karratha
  5. [1][dead link]
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