# Shark Bay Airport (MJK / YSHK)

**Shark Bay Airport** (IATA: MJK, ICAO: YSHK) is a medium airport in Denham, Western Australia, Australia. It opened in 1994. It has one runway, 1,690 m (5,545 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MJK / YSHK
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Denham, Western Australia, Australia
- Opened: 1994 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 34 m / 111 ft
- Coordinates: -25.8973, 113.5758
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,690 m / 5,545 ft
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Australia/Perth
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_Bay_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7489785
- Ident: YSHK

## Timeline

- 1994: Shark Bay Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 1,690 m / 5,545 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 178° / 358° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [CVQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycar.md) Carnarvon Airport · Australia · 113 km / 70 mi · Rex Airlines
- [PER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypph.md) Perth International Airport · Australia · 711 km / 442 mi · Rex Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- ZL [Rex Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rex-airlines) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,690 m / 5,545 ft | =5,310 of 29,858 | #239 in Oceania | #164 in AU |
| Elevation | 34 m / 111 ft | =36,480 of 43,403 | =1,510 in Oceania | #930 in AU |
| Age | Opened 1994 | =10,385 of 15,079 | #171 in Oceania | #59 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF/UNICOM | 126.700 |
| FSS | MELBOURNE CNTR | 122.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [USL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yusl.md) Useless Loop Airport · 34 km / 21 mi
- [AU-0639](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0639.md) Dirk Hartog Island Airstrip · 43 km / 27 mi
- [AU-0756](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0756.md) Carrarang Airstrip · 62 km / 39 mi
- [YTML](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ytml.md) Tamala Airport · 85 km / 53 mi
- [AU-0755](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0755.md) Hamelin Airstrip · 86 km / 54 mi
- [AU-0113](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0113.md) Overlander Airport · 104 km / 65 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: “Shark Bay Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shark_Bay_Airport&oldid=1363078357), 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/yshk/data