# Lord Howe Island Airport (LDH / YLHI)

**Lord Howe Island Airport** (IATA: LDH, ICAO: YLHI) is a small airport in Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia. It opened in 1974. It has one runway, 886 m (2,906 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 31 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LDH / YLHI
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
- Opened: 1974
- Elevation: 2 m / 5 ft
- Coordinates: -31.5382, 159.0755
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 886 m / 2,906 ft
- Passengers: 31,133 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+11/+10:30 · Australia/Lord_Howe
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Howe_Island_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17559
- Weather station: YLHI
- Ident: YLHI

## Timeline

- 1974: Lord Howe Island Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 886 m / 2,906 ft |  | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 31,125 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 31,877 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 33,958 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 33,480 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 32,943 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 35,472 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 34,557 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 34,507 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 33,480 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 17,561 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 24,716 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 31,133 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [PQQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypmq.md) Port Macquarie Airport · Australia · 589 km / 366 mi · Eastern Air Services
- [OOL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybcg.md) Gold Coast Airport · Australia · 655 km / 407 mi · Eastern Air Services
- [NTL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ywlm.md) Newcastle Airport · Australia · 696 km / 432 mi · Eastern Air Services
- [SYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yssy.md) Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · Australia · 785 km / 488 mi · SmartLynx Australia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- [Eastern Air Services](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eastern-air-services) · 3
- Q6 [SmartLynx Australia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartlynx-australia) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 31K (2022) | #2,274 of 3,974 | #114 in Oceania | #69 in AU |
| Longest runway | 886 m / 2,906 ft | =17,316 of 29,858 | #1,555 in Oceania | #1,298 in AU |
| Elevation | 2 m / 5 ft | =43,055 of 43,403 | =2,265 in Oceania | =1,256 in AU |
| Age | Opened 1974 | =6,983 of 15,079 | #124 in Oceania | #52 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| MISC | MISC | 121.600 |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 mi.

## In collections

- [Shortest runways with airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/shortest-scheduled) #74

## 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: “Lord Howe Island Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lord_Howe_Island_Airport&oldid=1363270415), revision of 9 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/ylhi/data