# Elcho Island Airport (ELC / YELD)

**Elcho Island Airport** (IATA: ELC, ICAO: YELD) is a medium airport in Elcho Island, Northern Territory, Australia. It has one runway, 1,440 m (4,724 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 8 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ELC / YELD
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Elcho Island, Northern Territory, Australia
- Elevation: 31 m / 101 ft
- Coordinates: -12.0194, 135.5710
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,440 m / 4,724 ft
- Passengers: 7,780 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+9:30 · Australia/Darwin
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elcho_Island_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17610
- Ident: YELD

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 1,440 m / 4,724 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 099° / 279° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 8,410 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 7,440 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 7,436 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 7,656 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 8,522 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 7,992 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 9,866 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 9,295 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 8,137 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 5,911 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 7,052 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 7,780 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [GOV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypgv.md) Gove Airport · Australia · 138 km / 86 mi · Mission Aviation Fellowship
- [MNG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymgd.md) Maningrida Airport · Australia · 145 km / 90 mi · Airnorth
- [DRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypdn.md) Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin · Australia · 511 km / 318 mi · Airnorth, Fly Tiwi

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- TL [Airnorth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airnorth) · 2
- FT [Fly Tiwi](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fly-tiwi) · 1
- [Mission Aviation Fellowship](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mission-aviation-fellowship) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 8K (2022) | #2,784 of 3,974 | #161 in Oceania | #99 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,440 m / 4,724 ft | =7,570 of 29,858 | =465 in Oceania | =359 in AU |
| Elevation | 31 m / 101 ft | =36,808 of 43,403 | =1,551 in Oceania | =956 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 127.150 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 123.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [YHOA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yhoa.md) Howard Island Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [YMAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymap.md) Mapuru Airstrip · 30 km / 18 mi
- [YRRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yrrr.md) Raymangirr Airport · 36 km / 22 mi
- [LEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ylev.md) Lake Evella Airport · 59 km / 37 mi
- [AU-0308](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0308.md) Mudhamul Airport · 67 km / 42 mi
- [MGT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymgb.md) Milingimbi Airport · 74 km / 46 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: “Elcho Island Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elcho_Island_Airport&oldid=1363035553), 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/yeld/data