# Esperance Airport (EPR / YESP)

**Esperance Airport** (IATA: EPR, ICAO: YESP) is a medium airport in Esperance, Western Australia, Australia. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,500 m (4,921 ft). It is operated by Shire of Esperance. In 2022 it handled 52 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: EPR / YESP
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Shire of Esperance
- Serves: Esperance, Western Australia, Australia
- Elevation: 143 m / 470 ft
- Coordinates: -33.6844, 121.8230
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,500 m / 4,921 ft
- Passengers: 52,447 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Australia/Perth
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperance_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2339306
- Weather station: YESP
- Ident: YESP

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 111° / 291° | yes |
| 03/21 | 1,178 m / 3,865 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Gravel | 028° / 208° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 48,092 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 45,964 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 48,163 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 54,069 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 51,443 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 47,991 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 50,536 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 51,274 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 51,336 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 31,930 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 45,939 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 52,447 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [PER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypph.md) Perth International Airport · Australia · 581 km / 361 mi · Rex Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- ZL [Rex Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rex-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 52K (2022) | #2,070 of 3,974 | #99 in Oceania | #61 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | =6,995 of 29,858 | =381 in Oceania | =286 in AU |
| Elevation | 143 m / 470 ft | =27,657 of 43,403 | =941 in Oceania | =564 in AU |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania | =33 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| FSS | MELBOURNE CNTR | 133.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [AU-0005](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0005.md) Myrup fly in estate Airport · 17 km / 11 mi
- [YORL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yorl.md) Orleans Farm Airport · 105 km / 65 mi
- [RVT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ynrv.md) Ravensthorpe Airport · 150 km / 93 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: “Esperance Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Esperance_Airport&oldid=1363698118), revision of 11 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/yesp/data