# Lake Evella Airport (LEL / YLEV)

**Lake Evella Airport** (IATA: LEL, ICAO: YLEV) is a small airport in Northern Territory, Australia. It has one runway, 1,065 m (3,494 ft) long, paved.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LEL / YLEV
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Northern Territory, Australia
- Elevation: 78 m / 256 ft
- Coordinates: -12.4989, 135.8060
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,065 m / 3,494 ft
- Time zone: UTC+9:30 · Australia/Darwin
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Evella_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17611
- Ident: YLEV

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 1,065 m / 3,494 ft | 18 m / 60 ft | Paved | 085° / 265° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [GOV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypgv.md) Gove Airport · Australia · 113 km / 70 mi · Marthakal Yolngu Airline, Mission Aviation Fellowship
- [DRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypdn.md) Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin · Australia · 535 km / 332 mi · Fly Tiwi

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- FT [Fly Tiwi](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fly-tiwi) · 1
- Marthakal Yolngu Airline · 1
- [Mission Aviation Fellowship](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mission-aviation-fellowship) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,065 m / 3,494 ft | =12,788 of 29,858 | =1,088 in Oceania | =895 in AU |
| Elevation | 78 m / 256 ft | =32,427 of 43,403 | =1,223 in Oceania | =767 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 127.150 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 123.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [YRRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yrrr.md) Raymangirr Airport · 25 km / 16 mi
- [YMAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymap.md) Mapuru Airstrip · 48 km / 30 mi
- [AU-0308](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0308.md) Mudhamul Airport · 55 km / 34 mi
- [AU-0292](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0292.md) Yinyikay airport · 56 km / 35 mi
- [AU-0128](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0128.md) Donydji Airport · 57 km / 35 mi
- [ELC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yeld.md) Elcho Island Airport · 59 km / 37 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Lake Evella Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lake_Evella_Airport&oldid=1363051988), 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/ylev/data