Learmonth Airport

Learmonth Airport
Learmonth Airport
	IATA: LEA; ICAO: YPLM;
Summary
Airport type	Civil aviation
Owner	Department of Defence
Operator	Shire of Exmouth
Serves	Exmouth, Western Australia
Elevation AMSL	19 ft / 6 m
Coordinates	22°14′09″S 114°05′19″E / 22.23583°S 114.08861°E
Website	Learmonth Airport
Map
	YPLM Location in Western Australia
Runways
Statistics (2012/13)
Passengers
Passengers	90,861
Aircraft movements	1,938
	Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart; Passenger and aircraft movements from the BITRE

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

Airlines	Destinations
QantasLink	Perth

Statistics

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Fiscal year 1 July - 30 June
^ YPLM – Learmonth (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 28 November 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.

External links

Learmonth Airport at exmouth.wa.gov.au
Airservices Aerodromes & Procedure Charts

[fiscal-1] Fiscal year 1 July - 30 June

[AIP-2] YPLM – Learmonth (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 28 November 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 11 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[BITRE-3] "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"

[4] "About the Airport". Shire of Exmouth. Retrieved 26 August 2017.

[5] "Computer fault blamed for QF72 Qantas nose dive". Australian Aviation. Retrieved 5 June 2022.

[6] "First steps to second Perth airport". Perth Now. 24 September 2013. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013.

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Learmonth Airport

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

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References

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