# Olympic Dam Airport (OLP / YOLD)

**Olympic Dam Airport** (IATA: OLP, ICAO: YOLD) is a small airport in Olympic Dam, South Australia, Australia. It has one runway, 1,860 m (6,102 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by BHP Group. In 2022 it handled 89 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: OLP / YOLD
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: BHP Group
- Serves: Olympic Dam, South Australia, Australia
- Elevation: 105 m / 344 ft
- Coordinates: -30.4839, 136.8767
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,860 m / 6,102 ft
- Passengers: 89,226 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+10:30/+9:30 · Australia/Adelaide
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Dam_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7089070
- Weather station: YOLD
- Ident: YOLD

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 1,860 m / 6,102 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 064° / 244° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 80,732 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 93,056 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 77,009 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 76,579 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 63,880 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 51,089 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 69,643 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 74,800 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 75,852 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 38,371 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 86,666 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 89,226 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [ADL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypad.md) Adelaide International Airport · Australia · 520 km / 323 mi · Alliance Airlines

### Charter (1)

- [ADL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypad.md) Adelaide International Airport · Australia · 520 km / 323 mi · Virgin Australia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- QQ [Alliance Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alliance-airlines) · 1
- VA [Virgin Australia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/virgin-australia) · 1 · charter

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 89K (2022) | #1,857 of 3,974 | #79 in Oceania | #47 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,860 m / 6,102 ft | =4,394 of 29,858 | #164 in Oceania | #106 in AU |
| Elevation | 105 m / 344 ft | =30,264 of 43,403 | =1,101 in Oceania | =677 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.600 |
| FIA | MELBOURNE CENTRE | 122.000 |
| AWIS | Weather Service | 128.050 |

## Nearby airports

- [ADO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yamk.md) Andamooka Airport · 25 km / 16 mi
- [YRXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yrxb.md) Roxby Downs Station Airport · 30 km / 18 mi
- [YPKI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypki.md) Parakylia Airport · 47 km / 29 mi
- [UMR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypwr.md) Woomera Airfield · 74 km / 46 mi
- [YSTC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ystc.md) Stuart Creek Airport · 87 km / 54 mi
- [YMIK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymik.md) Millers Creek Airstrip · 96 km / 60 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: “Olympic Dam Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Olympic_Dam_Airport&oldid=1365421001), revision of 22 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/yold/data