# Broken Hill Airport (BHQ / YBHI)

**Broken Hill Airport** (IATA: BHQ, ICAO: YBHI) is a medium airport in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,515 m (8,251 ft). In 2022 it handled 54 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BHQ / YBHI
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
- Elevation: 292 m / 958 ft
- Coordinates: -32.0014, 141.4720
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,515 m / 8,251 ft
- Passengers: 53,505 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+10:30/+9:30 · Australia/Broken_Hill
- Website: https://www.brokenhill.nsw.gov.au/Facilities/Airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Hill_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17528
- Weather station: YBHI
- Ident: YBHI

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,515 m / 8,251 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 056° / 236° | yes |
| 14/32 | 1,000 m / 3,281 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Dirt | 143° / 323° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 62,527 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 66,942 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 61,268 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 57,498 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 55,076 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 53,432 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 61,561 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 70,078 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 60,962 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 20,579 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 21,424 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 53,505 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [ADL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypad.md) Adelaide International Airport · Australia · 426 km / 265 mi · Rex Airlines
- [DBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ysdu.md) Dubbo City Regional Airport · Australia · 669 km / 416 mi · Rex Airlines
- [SYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yssy.md) Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · Australia · 930 km / 578 mi · QantasLink, Rex Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- ZL [Rex Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rex-airlines) · 3
- QF [QantasLink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantaslink) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 54K (2022) | #2,063 of 3,974 | #98 in Oceania | #60 in AU |
| Longest runway | 2,515 m / 8,251 ft | =2,257 of 29,858 | #46 in Oceania | #25 in AU |
| Elevation | 292 m / 958 ft | =18,433 of 43,403 | #609 in Oceania | #297 in AU |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania | =33 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| FSS | MELBOURNE CNTR | 122.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [YACS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yacs.md) Acacia Downs Airport · 77 km / 48 mi
- [YCNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycna.md) Corona Station Airport · 79 km / 49 mi
- [YHON](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yhon.md) Honeymoon Airport · 81 km / 50 mi
- [OZKL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ozkl.md) Koralta Station Airpirt · 88 km / 55 mi
- [YLAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ylan.md) Langawirra Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [AU-0376](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0376.md) Yarramba Station Airfield · 89 km / 55 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: “Broken Hill Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Broken_Hill_Airport&oldid=1363022617), 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/ybhi/data