# Hamilton Island Airport (HTI / YBHM)

**Hamilton Island Airport** (IATA: HTI, ICAO: YBHM) is a medium airport in Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia. It opened in Jun 1984. It has one runway, 1,704 m (5,591 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 500 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HTI / YBHM
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia
- Opened: Jun 1984 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 5 m / 15 ft
- Coordinates: -20.3581, 148.9520
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,704 m / 5,591 ft
- Passengers: 500,052 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Australia/Lindeman
- Website: https://www.hamiltonisland.com.au/getting-here/airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Island_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431430
- Weather station: YBHM
- Ident: YBHM

## Timeline

- Jun 1984: Hamilton Island Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 1,704 m / 5,591 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 143° / 323° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 452,428 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 440,687 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 465,300 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 486,505 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 486,486 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 549,822 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 423,551 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 427,384 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 452,546 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 188,772 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 327,161 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 500,052 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [BNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybbn.md) Brisbane International Airport · Australia · 888 km / 552 mi · QantasLink, Virgin Australia
- [SYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yssy.md) Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · Australia · 1,527 km / 949 mi · Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia
- [MEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymml.md) Melbourne Airport · Australia · 1,966 km / 1,222 mi · QantasLink, Virgin Australia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- VA [Virgin Australia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/virgin-australia) · 3
- QF [QantasLink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantaslink) · 2
- QF [Qantas Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantas-airways) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 500K (2022) | #1,111 of 3,974 | #30 in Oceania | #17 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,704 m / 5,591 ft | =5,234 of 29,858 | =228 in Oceania | =155 in AU |
| Elevation | 5 m / 15 ft | =41,887 of 43,403 | =2,077 in Oceania | =1,203 in AU |
| Age | Opened 1984 | =8,717 of 15,079 | =156 in Oceania | =55 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 114.400 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 135.500 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [LDC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ylin.md) Lindeman Island Airport · 14 km / 8.7 mi
- [WSY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yshr.md) Shute Harbour/Whitsunday Airport · 22 km / 14 mi
- [AU-0243](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0243.md) Midge Point · 41 km / 26 mi
- [PPP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybpn.md) Proserpine Whitsunday Coast Airport · 44 km / 27 mi
- [YLAK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ylak.md) Lakeside Airpark · 49 km / 31 mi
- [YHAB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yhab.md) Hideaway Bay Airport · 60 km / 37 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: “Hamilton Island Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hamilton_Island_Airport&oldid=1365764923), revision of 24 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/ybhm/data