# Karratha Airport (KTA / YPKA)

**Karratha Airport** (IATA: KTA, ICAO: YPKA) is a medium airport in Karratha, Western Australia, Australia. It has one runway, 2,280 m (7,480 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by City of Karratha. In 2022 it handled 494 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KTA / YPKA
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: City of Karratha
- Serves: Karratha, Western Australia, Australia
- Elevation: 9 m / 29 ft
- Coordinates: -20.7122, 116.7730
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,280 m / 7,480 ft
- Passengers: 494,003 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Australia/Perth
- Website: http://www.karrathaairport.com.au/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karratha_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2339975
- Weather station: YPKA
- Ident: YPKA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,280 m / 7,480 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 083° / 263° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 740,311 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 818,415 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 770,615 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 710,368 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 607,586 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 494,894 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 439,047 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 441,449 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 467,898 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 273,171 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 422,901 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 494,003 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [PHE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yppd.md) Port Hedland International Airport · Australia · 197 km / 122 mi · Nexus Airlines (Australia)
- [BME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybrm.md) Broome International Airport · Australia · 650 km / 404 mi · Nexus Airlines (Australia)
- [GET](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ygel.md) Geraldton Airport · Australia · 923 km / 574 mi · Nexus Airlines (Australia)
- [PER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypph.md) Perth International Airport · Australia · 1,251 km / 777 mi · QantasLink, Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines, Virgin Australia

### Charter (1)

- [PER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypph.md) Perth International Airport · Australia · 1,251 km / 777 mi · Alliance Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (6)

- [Nexus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nexus-airlines) · 3
- QQ [Alliance Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alliance-airlines) · 1 · charter
- QF [Qantas Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantas-airways) · 1
- QF [QantasLink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantaslink) · 1
- VA [Virgin Australia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/virgin-australia) · 1
- VA [Virgin Australia Regional Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/virgin-australia-regional-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 494K (2022) | #1,117 of 3,974 | #31 in Oceania | #18 in AU |
| Longest runway | 2,280 m / 7,480 ft | =3,143 of 29,858 | #72 in Oceania | #42 in AU |
| Elevation | 9 m / 29 ft | =40,644 of 43,403 | =1,943 in Oceania | =1,155 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 127.350 |
| FSS | MELBOURNE CNTR | 122.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [RBU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yroe.md) Roebourne Airport · 40 km / 25 mi
- [YCPR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycpr.md) Cape Preston Airport · 60 km / 37 mi
- [YFCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yfcu.md) Fortescue River Airport · 93 km / 58 mi
- [YMDZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymdz.md) Mardi Station Airport · 101 km / 63 mi
- [YMST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymst.md) Millstream Station Field · 106 km / 66 mi
- [YPNW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypnw.md) Pannawonica Airport · 112 km / 70 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: “Karratha Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karratha_Airport&oldid=1362729771), revision of 5 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/ypka/data