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Mount Isa Airport

ICAO YBMA20.6664°S 139.4885°E342 m / 1,121 ftMedium airport
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Mount Isa Airport (IATA: ISA, ICAO: YBMA) is a medium airport in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. It has one runway, 2,560 m (8,399 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 221 thousand passengers.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Mount Isa Airport Terminal
16/34169° / 349° · LIT
LENGTH2,560 m8,399 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
226K
254K
254K
228K
196K
182K
192K
202K
220K
146K
187K
221K
111213141516171819202122

Routes

19 destinations · 1 country
500 km1,000 km1,500 km250 mi500 mi750 mi1,000 miCNJ · Cloncurry Airport · 106 km / 66 miJCK · Julia Creek Airport · 232 km / 144 miBQL · Boulia Airport · 253 km / 157 miDMD · Doomadgee Airport · 311 km / 193 miBUC · Burketown Airport · 324 km / 201 miNTN · Normanton Airport · 371 km / 231 miRCM · Richmond Airport · 377 km / 234 miKRB · Karumba Airport · 384 km / 239 miBEU · Bedourie Airport · 409 km / 254 miONG · Mornington Island Airport · 446 km / 277 miHGD · Hughenden Airport · 493 km / 306 miBVI · Birdsville Airport · 582 km / 362 miWNR · Windorah Airport · 620 km / 385 miTSV · Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville · 777 km / 483 miCNS · Cairns International Airport · 782 km / 486 miULP · Quilpie Airport · 820 km / 510 miCTL · Charleville Airport · 940 km / 584 miWTB · Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport · 1,464 km / 910 miBNE · Brisbane International Airport · 1,571 km / 976 miBNECTLULPCNSTSVWNRBVIHGDONGBEUKRBBUCDMDBQLJCKWTBRCMCNJNTNISA
Year-round19
CNJCloncurry AirportAustralia · QantasLink106 km66 miJCKJulia Creek AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines232 km144 miBQLBoulia AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines253 km157 miDMDDoomadgee AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines311 km193 miBUCBurketown AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines324 km201 miNTNNormanton AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines371 km231 miRCMRichmond AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines377 km234 miKRBKarumba AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines384 km239 miBEUBedourie AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines409 km254 miONGMornington Island AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines446 km277 miHGDHughenden AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines493 km306 miBVIBirdsville AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines582 km362 miWNRWindorah AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines620 km385 miTSVTownsville Airport / RAAF Base TownsvilleAustralia · QantasLink, Rex Airlines777 km483 miCNSCairns International AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines782 km486 miULPQuilpie AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines820 km510 miCTLCharleville AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines940 km584 miWTBToowoomba Wellcamp AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines1,464 km910 miBNEBrisbane International AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia +11,571 km976 mi
Most destinationsRex Airlines 18QantasLink 3Qantas Airways 1Virgin Australia 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ISA. From the Wikipedia article “Mount Isa Airport” (revision of 20 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers221K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,492of 3,974 · #53 Oceania · #27 AULongest runway2,560 m8,399 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,188of 29,823 · =43 Oceania · =23 AUElevation342 m1,121 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=15,945of 43,341 · #535 Oceania · #238 AURunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =526 Oceania · =468 AU
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
CTAFCTAF126.500
FSSBRISBANE CNTR122.400