HVB

Hervey Bay Airport

ICAO YHBA25.3201°S 152.8807°E18 m / 60 ftMedium airport
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Hervey Bay Airport (IATA: HVB, ICAO: YHBA) is a medium airport in Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia. It opened in 1963. It has one runway, 2,000 m (6,561 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Fraser Coast Region. In 2022 it handled 125 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1963–1963
1963
OpenedHervey Bay Airport opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N
11/29119° / 299° · LIT
LENGTH2,000 m6,561 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
149K
151K
150K
158K
164K
170K
173K
164K
167K
42K
51K
125K
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Routes

3 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsJetstar Airways 2QantasLink 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from HVB. From the Wikipedia article “Hervey Bay Airport” (revision of 2 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers125K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,735of 3,974 · #70 Oceania · #40 AULongest runway2,000 m6,561 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,972of 29,823 · =125 Oceania · =75 AUElevation18 m60 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,621of 43,341 · =1,704 Oceania · =1,044 AUAgeOpened 19632026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,069of 15,079 · =103 Oceania · =47 AURunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =526 Oceania · =468 AU
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
CTAFCTAF126.550
FSSBRISBANE CNTR124.600