PPP

Proserpine Whitsunday Coast Airport

ICAO YBPN20.4944°S 148.5536°E25 m / 82 ftMedium airport
On the map

Proserpine Whitsunday Coast Airport (IATA: PPP, ICAO: YBPN) is a medium airport in Proserpine, Queensland, Australia. It opened in 1951. It has one runway, 2,073 m (6,801 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Whitsunday Region. In 2022 it handled 465 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1951–1951
1951
OpenedProserpine Whitsunday Coast Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
11/29115° / 295° · LIT
LENGTH2,073 m6,801 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
205K
233K
234K
264K
319K
343K
426K
449K
433K
206K
305K
465K
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Routes

3 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsJetstar Airways 3Virgin Australia 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from PPP. From the Wikipedia article “Whitsunday Coast Airport” (revision of 27 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers465K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,142of 3,974 · #33 Oceania · #20 AULongest runway2,073 m6,801 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,681of 29,823 · #102 Oceania · #59 AUElevation25 m82 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=37,563of 43,341 · #1,617 Oceania · #995 AUAgeOpened 19512026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,751of 15,079 · #84 Oceania · #38 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

3 channels
CTAFCTAF126.700
FSSBRISBANE CNTR135.500
CtafWhitsunday Shute harbour atc127.850