# Broome International Airport (BME / YBRM)

**Broome International Airport** (IATA: BME, ICAO: YBRM) is a large airport in Broome, Western Australia, Australia. It has one runway, 2,404 m (7,887 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 436 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BME / YBRM
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Broome, Western Australia, Australia
- Elevation: 17 m / 56 ft
- Coordinates: -17.9492, 122.2283
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,404 m / 7,887 ft
- Passengers: 436,029 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Australia/Perth
- Website: http://www.broomeair.com.au
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broome_International_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431002
- Weather station: YBRM · WMO 94203
- Ident: YBRM

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 2,404 m / 7,887 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 104° / 284° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 404,717 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 411,215 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 413,633 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 391,519 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 381,942 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 371,102 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 388,352 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 415,892 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 403,800 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 241,487 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 412,860 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 436,029 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (6)

- [PHE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yppd.md) Port Hedland International Airport · Australia · 465 km / 289 mi · Nexus Airlines (Australia)
- [KTA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypka.md) Karratha Airport · Australia · 650 km / 404 mi · Nexus Airlines (Australia)
- [KNX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypku.md) East Kimberley Regional (Kununurra) Airport · Australia · 730 km / 454 mi · Airnorth
- [DRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypdn.md) Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin · Australia · 1,114 km / 692 mi · Airnorth
- [GET](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ygel.md) Geraldton Airport · Australia · 1,429 km / 888 mi · Nexus Airlines (Australia)
- [PER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypph.md) Perth International Airport · Australia · 1,678 km / 1,043 mi · QantasLink, Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines, Virgin Australia

### Seasonal (2)

- [MEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymml.md) Melbourne Airport · Australia · 3,106 km / 1,930 mi · Qantas Airways
- [SYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yssy.md) Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · Australia · 3,378 km / 2,099 mi · Qantas Airways

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (6)

- [Nexus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nexus-airlines) · 3
- QF [Qantas Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantas-airways) · 3
- TL [Airnorth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airnorth) · 2
- QF [QantasLink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantaslink) · 1
- VA [Virgin Australia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/virgin-australia) · 1
- VA [Virgin Australia Regional Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/virgin-australia-regional-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 436K (2022) | #1,183 of 3,974 | #36 in Oceania | #22 in AU |
| Longest runway | 2,404 m / 7,887 ft | =2,824 of 29,858 | #61 in Oceania | #36 in AU |
| Elevation | 17 m / 56 ft | =38,889 of 43,403 | =1,741 in Oceania | =1,053 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.550 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.000 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 123.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [AU-0522](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0522.md) Roebuck Plains Roadhouse Airport · 31 km / 19 mi
- [YECB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yecb.md) Eco Beach Airport · 43 km / 27 mi
- [YLGB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ylgb.md) La Grange Bay Airport · 93 km / 58 mi
- [BEE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybgb.md) Beagle Bay Airport · 113 km / 70 mi
- [AU-0202](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0202.md) Arrow Pearling Base Airport · 115 km / 71 mi
- [AU-0658](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0658.md) Shelamar Station Airport · 127 km / 79 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: “Broome International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Broome_International_Airport&oldid=1362939274), 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/ybrm/data