# Merimbula Airport (MIM / YMER)

**Merimbula Airport** (IATA: MIM, ICAO: YMER) is a medium airport in Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia. It has one runway, 1,602 m (5,256 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 55 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MIM / YMER
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia
- Elevation: 2 m / 7 ft
- Coordinates: -36.9086, 149.9010
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,602 m / 5,256 ft
- Passengers: 54,839 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+11/+10 · Australia/Sydney
- Website: http://www.merimbulaairport.com.au
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merimbula_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17560
- Weather station: YMER
- Ident: YMER

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 1,602 m / 5,256 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 034° / 214° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 51,061 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 51,004 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 45,586 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 49,946 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 53,181 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 55,365 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 57,630 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 60,877 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 60,276 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 18,328 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 29,703 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 54,839 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [MYA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymry.md) Moruya Airport · Australia · 114 km / 71 mi · Rex Airlines
- [SYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yssy.md) Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · Australia · 349 km / 217 mi · QantasLink, Rex Airlines
- [MEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymml.md) Melbourne Airport · Australia · 456 km / 283 mi · Rex Airlines

### Seasonal (1)

- [MEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymml.md) Melbourne Airport · Australia · 456 km / 283 mi · QantasLink

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- ZL [Rex Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rex-airlines) · 3
- QF [QantasLink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantaslink) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 55K (2022) | #2,055 of 3,974 | #97 in Oceania | #59 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,602 m / 5,256 ft | =5,787 of 29,858 | #286 in Oceania | #205 in AU |
| Elevation | 2 m / 7 ft | =42,809 of 43,403 | =2,213 in Oceania | =1,246 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 | MELBOURNE CNTR | 120.750 |

## Nearby airports

- [YFGS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0224.md) Frogs Hollow Airfield · 19 km / 12 mi
- [YBOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybom.md) Bombala Airport · 64 km / 40 mi
- [YGBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ygbo.md) Gabo Island Airport · 73 km / 45 mi
- [XMC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymco.md) Mallacoota Airport · 78 km / 49 mi
- [YDEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ydeg.md) Delegate Airport · 87 km / 54 mi
- [YCNR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycnr.md) Cann River Airport · 94 km / 58 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: “Merimbula Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Merimbula_Airport&oldid=1363058628), 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/ymer/data