# Tamworth Airport (TMW / YSTW)

**Tamworth Airport** (IATA: TMW, ICAO: YSTW) is a medium airport in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. It has 4 runways; the longest is 2,200 m (7,218 ft). It is operated by Royal Australian Air Force. In 2022 it handled 134 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TMW / YSTW
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Royal Australian Air Force
- Serves: Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
- Elevation: 407 m / 1,334 ft
- Coordinates: -31.0779, 150.8455
- Runways: 4
- Longest runway: 2,200 m / 7,218 ft
- Passengers: 133,688 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+11/+10 · Australia/Sydney
- Website: http://www.tamworth.nsw.gov.au/Council/Council-Enterprises-and-Venues/Tamworth-Regional-Airport/Tamworth-Regional-Airport/default.aspx
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamworth_Regional_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17584
- Weather station: YSTW
- Ident: YSTW

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12L/30R | 2,200 m / 7,218 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 133° / 313° | yes |
| 12R/30L | 1,110 m / 3,642 ft | 18 m / 60 ft | Asphalt | 133° / 313° |  |
| 18/36 | 1,020 m / 3,346 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Grass | 188° / 008° |  |
| 06/24 | 842 m / 2,762 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Grass | 073° / 253° |  |

- 18/36 slopes 1.3%: threshold 18 at 394 m / 1,292 ft, threshold 36 at 407 m / 1,334 ft.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 154,014 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 157,797 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 157,684 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 154,103 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 156,543 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 175,932 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 195,962 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 189,402 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 188,914 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 54,910 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 57,938 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 133,688 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [SYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yssy.md) Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · Australia · 320 km / 199 mi · QantasLink
- [BNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybbn.md) Brisbane International Airport · Australia · 466 km / 290 mi · Link Airways

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- FC [Link Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/link-airways) · 1
- QF [QantasLink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantaslink) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 134K (2022) | #1,712 of 3,974 | #68 in Oceania | #38 in AU |
| Longest runway | 2,200 m / 7,218 ft | =3,269 of 29,858 | =75 in Oceania | =44 in AU |
| Elevation | 407 m / 1,334 ft | =13,478 of 43,403 | #468 in Oceania | #186 in AU |
| Runways | 4 | =41 of 29,978 | =9 in Oceania | =2 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 116.000 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.400 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 127.100 |
| GCCD | GND CLNC DEL | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.250 |

## Nearby airports

- [GUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ygdh.md) Gunnedah Airport · 58 km / 36 mi
- [ARM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yarm.md) Armidale Airport · 96 km / 59 mi
- [NAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ynbr.md) Narrabri Airport · 129 km / 80 mi
- [IVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yivl.md) Inverell Airport · 135 km / 84 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: “Tamworth Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tamworth_Regional_Airport&oldid=1368916696), revision of 11 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/ystw/data