# Mount Gambier Airport (MGB / YMTG)

**Mount Gambier Airport** (IATA: MGB, ICAO: YMTG) is a medium airport in Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia. It opened in 1930. It has 3 runways; the longest is 1,644 m (5,394 ft). It is operated by Grant. In 2022 it handled 74 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MGB / YMTG
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Grant
- Serves: Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
- Opened: 1930
- Elevation: 64 m / 210 ft
- Coordinates: -37.7444, 140.7806
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 1,644 m / 5,394 ft
- Passengers: 73,514 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+10:30/+9:30 · Australia/Adelaide
- Website: http://www.mountgambierairport.com.au/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gambier_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14331
- Weather station: YMTG
- Ident: YMTG

## Timeline

- 1930: Mount Gambier Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 1,644 m / 5,394 ft |  | Asphalt |  |  |
| 11/29 | 922 m / 3,025 ft |  | Asphalt |  |  |
| 06/24 | 846 m / 2,776 ft |  | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 89,210 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 86,928 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 80,685 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 77,518 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 77,637 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 76,109 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 80,347 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 80,525 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 85,330 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 24,385 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 39,409 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 73,514 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [MEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymml.md) Melbourne Airport · Australia · 357 km / 222 mi · Rex Airlines
- [ADL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypad.md) Adelaide International Airport · Australia · 370 km / 230 mi · Rex Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

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

Former hub of [O'Connor Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/oconnor-airlines).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 74K (2022) | #1,926 of 3,974 | #87 in Oceania | #52 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,644 m / 5,394 ft | =5,644 of 29,858 | =267 in Oceania | =188 in AU |
| Elevation | 64 m / 210 ft | =33,634 of 43,403 | =1,289 in Oceania | =804 in AU |
| Age | Opened 1930 | =406 of 15,079 | =14 in Oceania | =10 in AU |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =22 in Oceania | =9 in AU |

## Nearby airports

- [AU-0344](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0344.md) Caroline Airstrip · 26 km / 16 mi
- [MLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymct.md) Millicent Airport · 41 km / 25 mi
- [YCNQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycnq.md) Coonawarra Airport · 52 km / 32 mi
- [YCTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yctn.md) Casterton Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [YCLE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycle.md) Callendale Airport · 63 km / 39 mi
- [NAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ynrc.md) Naracoorte Airport · 85 km / 53 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: “Mount Gambier Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mount_Gambier_Airport&oldid=1363061134), 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/ymtg/data