LST

Launceston Airport

ICAO YMLT41.5449°S 147.2108°E171 m / 562 ftMedium airport
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Launceston Airport (IATA: LST, ICAO: YMLT) is a medium airport in Launceston (Western Junction), Tasmania, Australia. It opened in 1935. It has 3 runways; the longest is 1,981 m (6,499 ft). It is operated by Australia Pacific Airports Corporation. In 2022 it handled 1.2 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1935–1935
1935
OpenedLaunceston Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Sharp Airlines TerminalLaunceston AirportLaunceston Airport
14R/32L146° / 326° · LIT
LENGTH1,981 m6,499 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
14L/32R147° / 327°
LENGTH700 m2,297 ftWIDTH18 m60 ftSURFACEGrass
18/36196° / 016°
LENGTH690 m2,264 ftWIDTH18 m60 ftSURFACEGrass

Passengers per year

2011–2022
1.1M
1.2M
1.3M
1.3M
1.3M
1.3M
1.3M
1.4M
1.4M
452K
622K
1.2M
111213141516171819202122

Routes

8 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsVirgin Australia 4Sharp Airlines 3QantasLink 3Jetstar Airways 3Link Airways 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LST. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Launceston Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.2M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#761of 3,974 · #24 Oceania · #14 AULongest runway1,981 m6,499 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,118of 29,823 · =137 Oceania · =85 AUElevation171 m562 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=25,995of 43,341 · =865 Oceania · =513 AUAgeOpened 19352026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=593of 15,079 · =22 Oceania · =17 AURunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =22 Oceania · =9 AU
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
ATISATIS112.600
CTAFCTAF118.700
FSSMELBOURNE CNTR126.500
TWRTWR118.700