# Geraldton Airport (GET / YGEL)

**Geraldton Airport** (IATA: GET, ICAO: YGEL) is a medium airport in Moonyoonooka, Western Australia, Australia. It opened in 1921. It has 3 runways; the longest is 2,389 m (7,838 ft). In 2022 it handled 80 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GET / YGEL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Moonyoonooka, Western Australia, Australia
- Opened: 1921 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 37 m / 121 ft
- Coordinates: -28.7961, 114.7070
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 2,389 m / 7,838 ft
- Passengers: 80,206 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Australia/Perth
- Website: http://www.geraldtonairport.com.au
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldton_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3274505
- Weather station: YGEL · WMO 94403
- Ident: YGEL

## Timeline

- 1921: Geraldton Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 2,389 m / 7,838 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 018° / 198° | yes |
| 08/26 | 900 m / 2,953 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Gravel | 080° / 260° |  |
| 14/32 | 844 m / 2,769 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Asphalt | 143° / 323° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 107,688 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 138,066 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 128,084 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 126,872 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 116,172 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 117,553 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 111,864 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 113,334 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 106,693 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 42,320 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 75,057 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 80,206 | 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 · 370 km / 230 mi · QantasLink

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- QF [QantasLink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantaslink) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 80K (2022) | #1,901 of 3,974 | #85 in Oceania | #51 in AU |
| Longest runway | 2,389 m / 7,838 ft | #2,944 of 29,858 | #62 in Oceania | #37 in AU |
| Elevation | 37 m / 121 ft | =36,154 of 43,403 | =1,481 in Oceania | =910 in AU |
| Age | Opened 1921 | =196 of 15,079 | =4 in Oceania | =4 in AU |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =22 in Oceania | =9 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| FSS | MELBOURNE CNTR | 121.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [AU-0106](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0106.md) Valley View · 23 km / 14 mi
- [AU-0753](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0753.md) Howatharra Airstrip · 30 km / 19 mi
- [AU-0374](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0374.md) Taylors Private Airfield · 31 km / 19 mi
- [YNHP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ynhp.md) Northampton Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [DOX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ydra.md) Dongara Airport · 60 km / 37 mi
- [AU-0754](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0754.md) Lynton Airfield · 76 km / 47 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: “Geraldton Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Geraldton_Airport&oldid=1363039240), 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/ygel/data