# Emerald Airport (EMD / YEML)

**Emerald Airport** (IATA: EMD, ICAO: YEML) is a medium airport in Emerald, Queensland, Australia. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,900 m (6,234 ft). In 2022 it handled 169 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: EMD / YEML
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Emerald, Queensland, Australia
- Elevation: 190 m / 624 ft
- Coordinates: -23.5675, 148.1790
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,900 m / 6,234 ft
- Passengers: 168,879 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Australia/Brisbane
- Website: http://www.emerald.qld.gov.au/Council/Departments/Engineering_Operations/Engineering_Operations.htm
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5370408
- Weather station: YEML
- Ident: YEML

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 1,900 m / 6,234 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 071° / 251° | yes |
| 15/33 | 926 m / 3,038 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Gravel | 152° / 332° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 193,341 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 280,417 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 283,233 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 248,940 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 212,495 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 199,031 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 197,740 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 195,220 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 201,523 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 98,864 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 145,078 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 168,879 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [MCY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybsu.md) Sunshine Coast Airport · Australia · 598 km / 372 mi · Alliance Airlines
- [BNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybbn.md) Brisbane International Airport · Australia · 652 km / 405 mi · QantasLink, Alliance Airlines, Virgin Australia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- QQ [Alliance Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alliance-airlines) · 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 | 169K (2022) | #1,612 of 3,974 | #60 in Oceania | #34 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,900 m / 6,234 ft | =4,284 of 29,858 | =152 in Oceania | =97 in AU |
| Elevation | 190 m / 624 ft | =24,906 of 43,403 | #820 in Oceania | #479 in AU |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania | =33 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 122.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [BLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybtr.md) Blackwater Airport · 64 km / 40 mi
- [CMQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycmt.md) Clermont Airport · 105 km / 65 mi
- [DYA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ydys.md) Dysart Airport · 107 km / 66 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: “Emerald Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emerald_Airport&oldid=1363035779), 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/yeml/data