# Bathurst Island Airport (BRT / YBTI)

**Bathurst Island Airport** (IATA: BRT, ICAO: YBTI) is a medium airport in Wurrumiyanga, Northern Territory, Australia. It has one runway, 1,470 m (4,823 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Tiwi Islands Region. In 2022 it handled 14 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BRT / YBTI
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Tiwi Islands Region
- Serves: Wurrumiyanga, Northern Territory, Australia
- Elevation: 20 m / 67 ft
- Coordinates: -11.7650, 130.6158
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,470 m / 4,823 ft
- Passengers: 13,617 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+9:30 · Australia/Darwin
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathurst_Island_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17607
- Ident: YBTI

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 1,470 m / 4,823 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 150° / 330° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 21,776 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 19,626 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 17,551 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 15,104 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 14,633 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 14,572 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 16,904 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 16,514 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 15,167 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 11,331 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 13,858 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 13,617 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [DRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypdn.md) Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin · Australia · 78 km / 48 mi · Fly Tiwi

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- FT [Fly Tiwi](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fly-tiwi) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 14K (2022) | #2,574 of 3,974 | #135 in Oceania | #85 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,470 m / 4,823 ft | =7,413 of 29,858 | #442 in Oceania | #340 in AU |
| Elevation | 20 m / 67 ft | =38,312 of 43,403 | =1,692 in Oceania | =1,024 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 118.150 |

## Nearby airports

- [SNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ysnb.md) Snake Bay Airport · 39 km / 24 mi
- [GPN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ygpt.md) Garden Point Airport · 46 km / 28 mi
- [DRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypdn.md) Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin · 78 km / 48 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Bathurst Island Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bathurst_Island_Airport&oldid=1363016854), 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/ybti/data