# Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK / YBNA)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BNK / YBNA
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Ballina, New South Wales, Australia
- Opened: Oct 1986 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 2 m / 7 ft
- Coordinates: -28.8332, 153.5615
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,900 m / 6,234 ft
- Passengers: 639,313 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+11/+10 · Australia/Sydney
- Website: http://www.ballina.nsw.gov.au/cp_themes/default/page.asp?p=DOC-QHR-23-23-57&c=53
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballina_Byron_Gateway_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17443
- Weather station: YBNA
- Ident: YBNA

## Timeline

- Oct 1986: Ballina Byron Gateway Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 1,900 m / 6,234 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 074° / 254° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 310,499 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 346,011 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 382,347 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 414,195 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 454,898 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 487,923 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 509,579 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 538,180 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 533,279 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 407,277 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 524,684 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 639,313 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [SYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yssy.md) Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · Australia · 612 km / 380 mi · QantasLink, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways
- [MEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymml.md) Melbourne Airport · Australia · 1,273 km / 791 mi · Jetstar Airways

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

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

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 639K (2022) | #1,008 of 3,974 | #28 in Oceania | #16 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,900 m / 6,234 ft | =4,284 of 29,858 | =152 in Oceania | =97 in AU |
| Elevation | 2 m / 7 ft | =42,809 of 43,403 | =2,213 in Oceania | =1,246 in AU |
| Age | Opened 1986 | =9,000 of 15,079 | #163 in Oceania | #57 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 124.200 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 120.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [LSY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ylis.md) Lismore Airport · 30 km / 18 mi
- [OOL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybcg.md) Gold Coast Airport · 74 km / 46 mi
- [GFN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ygfn.md) Clarence Valley Regional Airport · 115 km / 71 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: “Ballina Byron Gateway Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ballina_Byron_Gateway_Airport&oldid=1363016026), 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/ybna/data