# Port Macquarie Airport (PQQ / YPMQ)

**Port Macquarie Airport** (IATA: PQQ, ICAO: YPMQ) is a medium airport in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. It has one runway, 1,586 m (5,203 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Port Macquarie-Hastings Council. In 2022 it handled 164 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PQQ / YPMQ
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Port Macquarie-Hastings Council
- Serves: Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
- Elevation: 4 m / 12 ft
- Coordinates: -31.4358, 152.8630
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,586 m / 5,203 ft
- Passengers: 163,894 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+11/+10 · Australia/Sydney
- Website: https://www.portmacquarieairport.com.au/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Macquarie_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17576
- Weather station: YPMQ
- Ident: YPMQ

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 1,586 m / 5,203 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 030° / 210° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 214,287 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 232,314 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 228,464 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 230,451 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 218,427 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 225,753 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 227,844 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 214,729 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 218,504 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 61,617 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 67,080 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 163,894 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [SYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yssy.md) Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · Australia · 321 km / 199 mi · QantasLink, Rex Airlines
- [BNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybbn.md) Brisbane International Airport · Australia · 451 km / 280 mi · QantasLink
- [LDH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ylhi.md) Lord Howe Island Airport · Australia · 589 km / 366 mi · Eastern Air Services

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- QF [QantasLink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantaslink) · 2
- [Eastern Air Services](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eastern-air-services) · 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 | 164K (2022) | #1,630 of 3,974 | #62 in Oceania | #36 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,586 m / 5,203 ft | #5,968 of 29,858 | #319 in Oceania | #236 in AU |
| Elevation | 4 m / 12 ft | =42,227 of 43,403 | =2,122 in Oceania | =1,222 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.100 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 120.550 |

## Nearby airports

- [KPS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ykmp.md) Kempsey Airport · 41 km / 26 mi
- [TRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ytre.md) Taree Airport · 60 km / 37 mi
- [CFS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycfs.md) Coffs Harbour Airport · 126 km / 78 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: “Port Macquarie Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Port_Macquarie_Airport&oldid=1369829208), revision of 17 Aug 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/ypmq/data