# Learmonth Airport (LEA / YPLM)

**Learmonth Airport** (IATA: LEA, ICAO: YPLM) is a medium airport in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia. It has one runway, 3,047 m (9,997 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Royal Australian Air Force. In 2019 it handled 85 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LEA / YPLM
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Royal Australian Air Force
- Serves: Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
- Elevation: 6 m / 19 ft
- Coordinates: -22.2352, 114.0900
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,047 m / 9,997 ft
- Passengers: 84,685 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Australia/Perth
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAAF_Base_Learmonth (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7274976
- Weather station: YPLM · WMO 94302
- Ident: YPLM

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 3,047 m / 9,997 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 184° / 004° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 85K (2019) | #1,877 of 3,974 | #81 in Oceania | #49 in AU |
| Longest runway | 3,047 m / 9,997 ft | =1,108 of 29,858 | =26 in Oceania | =15 in AU |
| Elevation | 6 m / 19 ft | =41,533 of 43,403 | =2,047 in Oceania | =1,192 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 120.500 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.300 |
| FSS | MELBOURNE CNTR | 125.900 |
| GND | GND | 25.930 |
| TWR | TWR | 25.780 |

## Nearby airports

- [EXM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yexm.md) Exmouth Airport · 22 km / 13 mi
- [AU-0047](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0047.md) Yardie Homestead · 40 km / 25 mi
- [AU-0761](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0761.md) Wilderness Island Airstrip · 49 km / 30 mi
- [YGIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ygir.md) Giralia Airport · 57 km / 36 mi
- [YYNR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yynr.md) Yanrey Airport · 79 km / 49 mi
- [AU-0022](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0022.md) Cardabia Homestead Airstrip · 101 km / 63 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)
- [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/yplm/data