# Gove Airport (GOV / YPGV)

**Gove Airport** (IATA: GOV, ICAO: YPGV) is a medium airport in Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia. It has one runway, 2,208 m (7,244 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 61 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GOV / YPGV
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
- Elevation: 59 m / 192 ft
- Coordinates: -12.2694, 136.8180
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,208 m / 7,244 ft
- Passengers: 60,655 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+9:30 · Australia/Darwin
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gove_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17618
- Weather station: YPGV
- Ident: YPGV

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 2,208 m / 7,244 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 130° / 310° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 103,323 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 103,597 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 108,618 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 80,828 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 57,793 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 56,812 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 59,100 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 57,614 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 58,098 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 31,807 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 44,135 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 60,655 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (7)

- [LEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ylev.md) Lake Evella Airport · Australia · 113 km / 70 mi · Mission Aviation Fellowship
- [ELC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yeld.md) Elcho Island Airport · Australia · 138 km / 86 mi · Mission Aviation Fellowship
- [GTE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ygte.md) Groote Eylandt Airport · Australia · 193 km / 120 mi · Airnorth
- [RAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yrng.md) Ramingining Airport · Australia · 209 km / 130 mi · Mission Aviation Fellowship
- [MGT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymgb.md) Milingimbi Airport · Australia · 210 km / 130 mi · Mission Aviation Fellowship
- [DRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypdn.md) Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin · Australia · 645 km / 401 mi · Airnorth
- [CNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybcs.md) Cairns International Airport · Australia · 1,089 km / 677 mi · Airnorth

### Charter (1)

- [BNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybbn.md) Brisbane International Airport · Australia · 2,389 km / 1,484 mi · QantasLink

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- [Mission Aviation Fellowship](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mission-aviation-fellowship) · 4
- TL [Airnorth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airnorth) · 3
- QF [QantasLink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantaslink) · 1 · charter

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 61K (2022) | #2,008 of 3,974 | #92 in Oceania | #55 in AU |
| Longest runway | 2,208 m / 7,244 ft | =3,249 of 29,858 | #74 in Oceania | #43 in AU |
| Elevation | 59 m / 192 ft | =34,195 of 43,403 | #1,322 in Oceania | #824 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 127.800 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 125.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [AU-0290](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0290.md) Gunyangara Airstrip · 13 km / 8.2 mi
- [AU-0295](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0295.md) Barrkira Airport · 48 km / 30 mi
- [YDHL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ydhl.md) Dhalinbuy Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [AU-0291](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0291.md) Buymarr Airport · 51 km / 32 mi
- [AU-0293](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0293.md) Rorruwuy airport · 58 km / 36 mi
- [AU-0294](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0294.md) Matamata airport · 63 km / 39 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: “Gove Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gove_Airport&oldid=1363791356), revision of 12 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/ypgv/data