# Port Lincoln Airport (PLO / YPLC)

**Port Lincoln Airport** (IATA: PLO, ICAO: YPLC) is a medium airport in Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia. It has 3 runways; the longest is 1,499 m (4,918 ft). In 2022 it handled 170 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PLO / YPLC
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia
- Elevation: 11 m / 36 ft
- Coordinates: -34.6053, 135.8800
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 1,499 m / 4,918 ft
- Passengers: 170,285 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+10:30/+9:30 · Australia/Adelaide
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Lincoln_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15102
- Ident: YPLC

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 1,499 m / 4,918 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 017° / 197° | yes |
| 15/33 | 1,450 m / 4,757 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Gravel | 154° / 334° | yes |
| 05/23 | 1,275 m / 4,183 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Gravel | 058° / 238° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 197,494 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 195,939 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 189,615 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 190,815 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 185,792 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 178,847 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 171,422 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 169,599 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 172,234 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 89,181 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 141,888 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 170,285 | 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 · 245 km / 152 mi · QantasLink, Rex Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- QF [QantasLink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantaslink) · 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 | 170K (2022) | #1,608 of 3,974 | #59 in Oceania | #33 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,499 m / 4,918 ft | =7,297 of 29,858 | #429 in Oceania | #327 in AU |
| Elevation | 11 m / 36 ft | =40,035 of 43,403 | =1,868 in Oceania | =1,119 in AU |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =22 in Oceania | =9 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| FSS | MELBOURNE CNTR | 125.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [YTBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ytbb.md) Tumby Bay Airport · 33 km / 21 mi
- [YCOF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycof.md) Coffin Bay Airport · 34 km / 21 mi
- [YCMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycmm.md) Cummins Town Airport · 42 km / 26 mi
- [YCUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycus.md) Cummins Airport · 49 km / 30 mi
- [YTHI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ythi.md) Thistle Island Airport · 54 km / 34 mi
- [YMTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymtp.md) Mount Hope Airport · 72 km / 45 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: “Port Lincoln Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Port_Lincoln_Airport&oldid=1363072446), 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/yplc/data