# Flinders Island Airport (FLS / YFLI)

**Flinders Island Airport** (IATA: FLS, ICAO: YFLI) is a small airport in Whitemark, Tasmania, Australia. It opened on 16 Feb 1935. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,720 m (5,643 ft). It is operated by Flinders Council. In 2022 it handled 23 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: FLS / YFLI
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Flinders Council
- Serves: Whitemark, Tasmania, Australia
- Opened: 16 Feb 1935 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 3 m / 10 ft
- Coordinates: -40.0917, 147.9930
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,720 m / 5,643 ft
- Passengers: 22,904 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+11/+10 · Australia/Hobart
- Website: http://www.flinders.tas.gov.au/aviation
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flinders_Island_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15497
- Weather station: YFLI
- Ident: YFLI

## Timeline

- 16 Feb 1935: Flinders Island Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 1,720 m / 5,643 ft |  |  |  |  |
| 05/23 | 1,070 m / 3,510 ft |  | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 19,141 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 19,831 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 19,920 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 19,837 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 19,915 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 21,234 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 20,685 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 22,467 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 22,068 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 15,524 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 23,233 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 22,904 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 23K (2022) | #2,389 of 3,974 | #121 in Oceania | #73 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,720 m / 5,643 ft | =5,168 of 29,858 | =214 in Oceania | =145 in AU |
| Elevation | 3 m / 10 ft | =42,364 of 43,403 | =2,147 in Oceania | =1,230 in AU |
| Age | Opened 1935 | =593 of 15,079 | =22 in Oceania | =17 in AU |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania | =33 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 124.229 |
| MISC | MISC | 119.600 |
| MISC | MISC | 126.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [AU-0713](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0713.md) Five Mile Jim Airstrip · 20 km / 12 mi
- [AU-0452](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0452.md) Mount Chappell Island Airfield · 20 km / 13 mi
- [AU-0712](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0712.md) Lady Barron Grass Airstrip · 24 km / 15 mi
- [YLDB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yldb.md) Lady Barron Aerodrome · 24 km / 15 mi
- [AU-0451](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0451.md) Badger Island Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [YKCK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ykck.md) Killiecrankie Airfield · 29 km / 18 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: “Flinders Island Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flinders_Island_Airport&oldid=1372975628), revision of 3 Sep 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/yfli/data