# Lockhart River Airport (IRG / YLHR)

**Lockhart River Airport** (IATA: IRG, ICAO: YLHR) is a medium airport in Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia. It has one runway, 1,499 m (4,919 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 11 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IRG / YLHR
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia
- Elevation: 24 m / 77 ft
- Coordinates: -12.7869, 143.3050
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,499 m / 4,919 ft
- Passengers: 11,054 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Australia/Brisbane
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockhart_River_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6665505
- Ident: YLHR

## Timeline

- 7 May 2005: Lockhart River air disaster. 15 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 1,499 m / 4,919 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 125° / 305° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 5,297 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 5,124 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 4,599 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 4,469 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 2,709 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 3,611 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 10,397 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 14,308 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 13,120 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 8,699 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 9,820 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 11,054 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [WEI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybwp.md) Weipa Airport · Australia · 150 km / 93 mi · SmartLynx Australia
- [AUU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yaur.md) Aurukun Airport · Australia · 183 km / 114 mi · SmartLynx Australia
- [CNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybcs.md) Cairns International Airport · Australia · 525 km / 326 mi · SmartLynx Australia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- Q6 [SmartLynx Australia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartlynx-australia) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 11K (2022) | #2,643 of 3,974 | #143 in Oceania | #90 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,499 m / 4,919 ft | =7,295 of 29,858 | #428 in Oceania | #326 in AU |
| Elevation | 24 m / 77 ft | =37,879 of 43,403 | =1,647 in Oceania | =1,002 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 122.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [YWAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ywat.md) Wattle Hills Airport · 33 km / 21 mi
- [AU-0208](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0208.md) Chuulangun Airport · 49 km / 31 mi
- [BVW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybtv.md) Batavia Downs Airport · 70 km / 43 mi
- [MET](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymot.md) Moreton Airport · 82 km / 51 mi
- [AU-0564](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0564.md) Archer River Airstrip · 83 km / 52 mi
- [MLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymeu.md) Merluna Airport · 97 km / 60 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: “Lockhart River Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lockhart_River_Airport&oldid=1363054305), 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/ylhr/data