# Birdsville Airport (BVI / YBDV)

**Birdsville Airport** (IATA: BVI, ICAO: YBDV) is a medium airport in Queensland, Australia. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,732 m (5,682 ft). It is operated by Shire of Diamantina.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybdv

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BVI / YBDV
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Shire of Diamantina
- Serves: Queensland, Australia
- Elevation: 49 m / 159 ft
- Coordinates: -25.8975, 139.3480
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,732 m / 5,682 ft
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Australia/Brisbane
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdsville_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q597496
- Weather station: YBDV · WMO 95482
- Ident: YBDV

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 1,732 m / 5,682 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 149° / 329° | yes |
| 03/21 | 1,200 m / 3,937 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Dirt | 040° / 220° | yes |

## Routes

8 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (8)

- [BEU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybie.md) Bedourie Airport · Australia · 173 km / 107 mi · Rex Airlines
- [BQL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybou.md) Boulia Airport · Australia · 337 km / 209 mi · Rex Airlines
- [WNR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ywdh.md) Windorah Airport · Australia · 337 km / 209 mi · Rex Airlines
- [ULP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yqlp.md) Quilpie Airport · Australia · 496 km / 308 mi · Rex Airlines
- [ISA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybma.md) Mount Isa Airport · Australia · 582 km / 362 mi · Rex Airlines
- [CTL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybcv.md) Charleville Airport · Australia · 692 km / 430 mi · Rex Airlines
- [WTB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybww.md) Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport · Australia · 1,249 km / 776 mi · Rex Airlines
- [BNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybbn.md) Brisbane International Airport · Australia · 1,378 km / 856 mi · Rex Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BVI, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- ZL [Rex Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rex-airlines) · 8

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,732 m / 5,682 ft | #5,151 of 29,858 | #213 in Oceania | #144 in AU |
| Elevation | 49 m / 159 ft | =35,070 of 43,403 | #1,397 in Oceania | #864 in AU |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania | =33 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 125.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [PDE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypdi.md) Pandie Pandie Airport · 26 km / 16 mi
- [RSB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yrsb.md) Roseberth Airport · 29 km / 18 mi
- [AWN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yads.md) Alton Downs Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [DRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ydri.md) Durrie Airport · 91 km / 57 mi
- [GLG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ygle.md) Glengyle Airport · 124 km / 77 mi
- [CFH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycfh.md) Clifton Hills Airport · 133 km / 82 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Birdsville Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Birdsville_Airport&oldid=1363020864), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybdv/data