# Northern Peninsula Airport (ABM / YNPE)

**Northern Peninsula Airport** (IATA: ABM, ICAO: YNPE) is a small airport in Bamaga, Queensland, Australia. It has one runway, 1,665 m (5,462 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Northern Peninsula Area Region. In 2022 it handled 23 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ABM / YNPE
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Northern Peninsula Area Region
- Serves: Bamaga, Queensland, Australia
- Elevation: 10 m / 34 ft
- Coordinates: -10.9462, 142.4551
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,665 m / 5,462 ft
- Passengers: 22,572 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Australia/Brisbane
- Website: http://www.nparc.qld.gov.au/airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Peninsula_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7058852
- Weather station: YHID · WMO 94174
- Ident: YNPE

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 1,665 m / 5,462 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 137° / 317° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 13,665 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 12,168 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 12,132 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 12,229 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 10,381 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 14,145 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 18,373 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 21,321 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 20,831 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 9,754 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 18,468 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 22,572 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [HID](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yhid.md) Horn Island Airport · Australia · 44 km / 27 mi · SmartLynx Australia
- [CNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybcs.md) Cairns International Airport · Australia · 749 km / 465 mi · SmartLynx Australia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- Q6 [SmartLynx Australia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartlynx-australia) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 23K (2022) | #2,395 of 3,974 | #123 in Oceania | #75 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,665 m / 5,462 ft | =5,547 of 29,858 | #254 in Oceania | #178 in AU |
| Elevation | 10 m / 34 ft | =40,181 of 43,403 | =1,885 in Oceania | =1,129 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.500 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 120.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [AU-0513](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0513.md) OK Village Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [HID](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yhid.md) Horn Island Airport · 44 km / 27 mi
- [KUG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ykub.md) Kubin Island Airport · 84 km / 52 mi
- [HAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yhtl.md) Heathlands Airport · 89 km / 55 mi
- [SYU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ywbs.md) Warraber Island Airport · 91 km / 57 mi
- [BDD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybau.md) Badu Island 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: “Northern Peninsula Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northern_Peninsula_Airport&oldid=1363067125), 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/ynpe/data