# Longreach Airport (LRE / YLRE)

**Longreach Airport** (IATA: LRE, ICAO: YLRE) is a medium airport in Longreach, Queensland, Australia. It has one runway, 1,936 m (6,352 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Shire of Longreach. In 2022 it handled 39 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LRE / YLRE
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Shire of Longreach
- Serves: Longreach, Queensland, Australia
- Elevation: 191 m / 627 ft
- Coordinates: -23.4320, 144.2775
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,936 m / 6,352 ft
- Passengers: 38,619 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Australia/Brisbane
- Website: https://www.longreachairport.com.au/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longreach_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10853042
- Weather station: YLRE
- Ident: YLRE

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 1,936 m / 6,352 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 047° / 227° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 34,946 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 30,481 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 31,023 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 31,467 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 30,659 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 30,976 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 32,286 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 33,923 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 33,968 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 21,577 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 33,175 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 38,619 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [WIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ywtn.md) Winton Airport · Australia · 170 km / 106 mi · Rex Airlines
- [TSV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybtl.md) Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville · Australia · 531 km / 330 mi · Rex Airlines
- [BNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybbn.md) Brisbane International Airport · Australia · 990 km / 615 mi · QantasLink

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- ZL [Rex Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rex-airlines) · 2
- QF [QantasLink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantaslink) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 39K (2022) | #2,192 of 3,974 | #109 in Oceania | #66 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,936 m / 6,352 ft | =4,214 of 29,858 | =146 in Oceania | #93 in AU |
| Elevation | 191 m / 627 ft | =24,847 of 43,403 | =817 in Oceania | =476 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

- [YILF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yilf.md) Ilfracombe Airport · 26 km / 16 mi
- [YMNO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymno.md) Maneroo Airport · 40 km / 25 mi
- [ISI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yisf.md) Isisford Airport · 93 km / 58 mi
- [YISD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yisd.md) Isis Downs Airport · 94 km / 59 mi
- [UTB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymtb.md) Muttaburra Airport · 98 km / 61 mi
- [BCI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybar.md) Barcaldine Airport · 106 km / 66 mi

## 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: “Longreach Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Longreach_Airport&oldid=1366989454), revision of 31 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/ylre/data