# Norfolk Island International Airport (NLK / YSNF)

**Norfolk Island International Airport** (IATA: NLK, ICAO: YSNF) is a medium airport in Burnt Pine, Norfolk Island. It opened on 25 Dec 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,950 m (6,398 ft). In 2022 it handled 68 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NLK / YSNF
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Burnt Pine, Norfolk Island
- Opened: 25 Dec 1942
- Elevation: 113 m / 371 ft
- Coordinates: -29.0418, 167.9395
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,950 m / 6,398 ft
- Passengers: 67,959 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+12/+11 · Pacific/Norfolk
- Website: http://www.airport.gov.nf/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_Island_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2732089
- Weather station: YSNF · WMO 94996
- Ident: YSNF

## Timeline

- 25 Dec 1942: Norfolk Island International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 1,950 m / 6,398 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 122° / 302° | yes |
| 04/22 | 1,435 m / 4,708 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 050° / 230° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 61,591 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 53,567 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 56,304 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 58,118 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 62,142 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 64,254 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 62,374 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 60,686 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 61,504 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 28,291 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 50,945 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 67,959 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [BNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybbn.md) Brisbane International Airport · Australia · 1,463 km / 909 mi · Qantas Airways
- [SYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yssy.md) Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · Australia · 1,678 km / 1,043 mi · Qantas Airways

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- QF [Qantas Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantas-airways) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 68K (2022) | #1,960 of 3,974 | #89 in Oceania |  |
| Longest runway | 1,950 m / 6,398 ft | =4,187 of 29,858 | =142 in Oceania |  |
| Elevation | 113 m / 371 ft | =29,658 of 43,403 | =1,067 in Oceania |  |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =47 in Oceania |  |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania |  |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.100 |
| FSS | AUCKLAND RDO | 346.700 |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 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: “Norfolk Island Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Norfolk_Island_Airport&oldid=1369293650), revision of 14 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/ysnf/data