# Groote Eylandt Airport (GTE / YGTE)

**Groote Eylandt Airport** (IATA: GTE, ICAO: YGTE) is a medium airport in Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia. It has one runway, 1,901 m (6,237 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 47 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GTE / YGTE
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia
- Elevation: 16 m / 53 ft
- Coordinates: -13.9724, 136.4586
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,901 m / 6,237 ft
- Passengers: 46,864 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+9:30 · Australia/Darwin
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groote_Eylandt_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17612
- Weather station: YGTE · WMO 94153
- Ident: YGTE

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 1,901 m / 6,237 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 100° / 280° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 33,938 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 35,811 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 32,609 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 24,775 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 22,761 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 22,223 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 22,683 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 23,608 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 26,460 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 15,469 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 40,262 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 46,864 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [GOV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypgv.md) Gove Airport · Australia · 193 km / 120 mi · Airnorth
- [DRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypdn.md) Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin · Australia · 628 km / 390 mi · Airnorth

### Charter (1)

- [CNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybcs.md) Cairns International Airport · Australia · 1,047 km / 651 mi · Alliance Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- TL [Airnorth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airnorth) · 2
- QQ [Alliance Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alliance-airlines) · 1 · charter

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 47K (2022) | #2,115 of 3,974 | #104 in Oceania | #64 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,901 m / 6,237 ft | #4,282 of 29,858 | #151 in Oceania | #96 in AU |
| Elevation | 16 m / 53 ft | =39,047 of 43,403 | =1,760 in Oceania | =1,067 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.000 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 122.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [BCZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bcz.md) Milyakburra Airport · 35 km / 22 mi
- [YCHI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ychi.md) Cape Shield (Djarrakpi) Airport · 77 km / 48 mi
- [NUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ynum.md) Numbulwar Airport · 87 km / 54 mi
- [YWRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ywrv.md) Walker River Airport · 87 km / 54 mi
- [BYX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-byx.md) Baniyala Airport · 90 km / 56 mi
- [AU-0117](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0117.md) Balma Airfield · 104 km / 65 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: “Groote Eylandt Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Groote_Eylandt_Airport&oldid=1364526938), revision of 17 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/ygte/data