# Parkes Airport (PKE / YPKS)

**Parkes Airport** (IATA: PKE, ICAO: YPKS) is a medium airport in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,684 m (5,525 ft). It is operated by Parkes Shire. In 2022 it handled 23 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PKE / YPKS
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Parkes Shire
- Serves: Parkes, New South Wales, Australia
- Elevation: 326 m / 1,069 ft
- Coordinates: -33.1314, 148.2390
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,684 m / 5,525 ft
- Passengers: 22,698 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+11/+10 · Australia/Sydney
- Website: https://www.parkes.nsw.gov.au/living-here/your-community/airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkes_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17574
- Ident: YPKS

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 1,684 m / 5,525 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 055° / 235° | yes |
| 11/29 | 1,622 m / 5,322 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 124° / 304° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 31,690 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 30,311 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 26,105 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 24,978 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 26,326 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 28,222 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 27,974 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 34,280 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 35,952 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 8,330 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 5,164 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 22,698 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [SYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yssy.md) Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · Australia · 287 km / 178 mi · Rex Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- ZL [Rex Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rex-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 23K (2022) | #2,391 of 3,974 | #122 in Oceania | #74 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,684 m / 5,525 ft | #5,329 of 29,858 | #242 in Oceania | #167 in AU |
| Elevation | 326 m / 1,069 ft | =16,656 of 43,403 | =557 in Oceania | #258 in AU |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania | =33 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| FSS | MELBOURNE CNTR | 135.250 |
| AWIS |  | 128.550 |
| PAL |  | 119.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [FRB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yfbs.md) Forbes Airport · 38 km / 24 mi
- [OAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yorg.md) Orange Airport · 88 km / 54 mi
- [CWT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycwr.md) Cowra Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [QRM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ynrm.md) Narromine Airport · 102 km / 63 mi
- [DBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ysdu.md) Dubbo City Regional Airport · 106 km / 66 mi
- [NGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yyng.md) Young Airport · 125 km / 78 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: “Parkes Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parkes_Airport&oldid=1363070254), 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/ypks/data