BNK

Ballina Byron Gateway Airport

ICAO YBNA28.8332°S 153.5615°E2 m / 7 ftMedium airport
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Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (IATA: BNK, ICAO: YBNA) is a medium airport in Ballina, New South Wales, Australia. It opened in Oct 1986. It has one runway, 1,900 m (6,234 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 639 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1986–1986
OCT 1986
OpenedBallina Byron Gateway Airport opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Ballina Byron Gateway Airport Terminal
06/24074° / 254° · LIT
LENGTH1,900 m6,234 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
310K
346K
382K
414K
455K
488K
510K
538K
533K
407K
525K
639K
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Routes

2 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsJetstar Airways 2QantasLink 1Virgin Australia 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BNK. From the Wikipedia article “Ballina Byron Gateway Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers639K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,008of 3,974 · #28 Oceania · #16 AULongest runway1,900 m6,234 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,282of 29,823 · =152 Oceania · =97 AUElevation2 m7 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,749of 43,341 · =2,197 Oceania · =1,246 AUAgeOpened 19862026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=9,009of 15,079 · #163 Oceania · #57 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
CTAFCTAF124.200
FSSBRISBANE CNTR120.300