# Palm Island Airport (PMK / YPAM)

**Palm Island Airport** (IATA: PMK, ICAO: YPAM) is a small airport in Queensland, Australia. It has one runway, 1,137 m (3,730 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aboriginal Shire of Palm Island. In 2022 it handled 25 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PMK / YPAM
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Aboriginal Shire of Palm Island
- Serves: Queensland, Australia
- Elevation: 9 m / 28 ft
- Coordinates: -18.7553, 146.5810
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,137 m / 3,730 ft
- Passengers: 24,887 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Australia/Brisbane
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Island_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7128049
- Ident: YPAM

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 1,137 m / 3,730 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Asphalt | 143° / 323° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 26,495 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 27,834 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 26,059 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 23,965 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 24,366 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 24,606 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 25,611 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 27,872 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 28,818 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 22,164 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 23,421 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 24,887 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [TSV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybtl.md) Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville · Australia · 59 km / 37 mi · Hinterland Aviation, West Wing Aviation

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- OI [Hinterland Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hinterland-aviation) · 1
- WW [West Wing Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/west-wing-aviation) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 25K (2022) | #2,361 of 3,974 | #118 in Oceania | #71 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,137 m / 3,730 ft | =11,482 of 29,858 | =931 in Oceania | =762 in AU |
| Elevation | 9 m / 28 ft | =40,699 of 43,403 | =1,950 in Oceania | =1,159 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | TOWNSVILLE APP | 126.800 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 120.550 |

## Nearby airports

- [IGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yigm.md) Ingham Airport · 47 km / 29 mi
- [AU-0321](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0321.md) Bluewater park Airstrip · 49 km / 30 mi
- [TSV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybtl.md) Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville · 59 km / 36 mi
- [YLVK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ylvk.md) Lavarack (Military) Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [AU-0355](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0355.md) Paluma Airstrip · 88 km / 55 mi
- [AU-0296](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0296.md) Dallachy(Cardwell) Aerodrome · 92 km / 57 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Palm Island Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palm_Island_Airport&oldid=1363069639), 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/ypam/data