# Lightning Ridge Airport (LHG / YLRD)

**Lightning Ridge Airport** (IATA: LHG, ICAO: YLRD) is a medium airport in New South Wales, Australia. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,406 m (4,613 ft). It is operated by Walgett Shire.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LHG / YLRD
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Walgett Shire
- Serves: New South Wales, Australia
- Elevation: 165 m / 540 ft
- Coordinates: -29.4529, 147.9771
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,406 m / 4,613 ft
- Time zone: UTC+11/+10 · Australia/Sydney
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Ridge_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17553
- Ident: YLRD

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 1,406 m / 4,613 ft | 18 m / 60 ft | Asphalt | 110° / 290° | yes |
| 04/22 | 733 m / 2,405 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Gravel | 048° / 228° | yes |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [WGE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ywlg.md) Walgett Airport · Australia · 66 km / 41 mi · Air Link

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- DR [Air Link](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-link) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,406 m / 4,613 ft | #7,715 of 29,858 | #483 in Oceania | #375 in AU |
| Elevation | 165 m / 540 ft | =26,417 of 43,403 | =886 in Oceania | =528 in AU |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania | =33 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 127.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [WGE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ywlg.md) Walgett Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [DRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ydbi.md) Dirranbandi Airport · 99 km / 61 mi
- [BWQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybrw.md) Brewarrina Airport · 126 km / 79 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: “Lightning Ridge Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lightning_Ridge_Airport&oldid=1363053803), 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/ylrd/data