# Wagga Wagga Airport (WGA / YSWG)

**Wagga Wagga Airport** (IATA: WGA, ICAO: YSWG) is a medium airport in Forest Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It opened in 1937. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,770 m (5,807 ft). It is operated by City of Wagga Wagga. In 2022 it handled 173 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WGA / YSWG
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: City of Wagga Wagga
- Serves: Forest Hill, New South Wales, Australia
- Opened: 1937
- Elevation: 221 m / 724 ft
- Coordinates: -35.1635, 147.4683
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,770 m / 5,807 ft
- Passengers: 172,850 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+11/+10 · Australia/Sydney
- Website: http://www.wagga.nsw.gov.au/city-of-wagga-wagga/business/airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagga_Wagga_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17595
- Weather station: YSWG · WMO 94910
- Ident: YSWG

## Timeline

- 1937: Wagga Wagga Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 1,770 m / 5,807 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 062° / 242° | yes |
| 12/30 | 851 m / 2,792 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Dirt | 125° / 305° | yes |

- 12/30 slopes 1.2%: threshold 12 at 211 m / 692 ft, threshold 30 at 221 m / 724 ft.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 207,127 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 208,473 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 208,625 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 211,034 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 209,879 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 214,400 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 224,366 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 216,020 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 207,417 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 61,193 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 68,128 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 172,850 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [MEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymml.md) Melbourne Airport · Australia · 365 km / 227 mi · Rex Airlines
- [SYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yssy.md) Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · Australia · 366 km / 227 mi · QantasLink, Rex Airlines
- [BNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybbn.md) Brisbane International Airport · Australia · 1,018 km / 633 mi · QantasLink

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- QF [QantasLink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantaslink) · 2
- 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 173K (2022) | #1,601 of 3,974 | #58 in Oceania | #32 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,770 m / 5,807 ft | =5,015 of 29,858 | =198 in Oceania | =133 in AU |
| Elevation | 221 m / 724 ft | =22,909 of 43,403 | =741 in Oceania | =412 in AU |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =27 in Oceania | #21 in AU |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania | =33 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.200 |
| FSS | MELBOURNE CNTR | 119.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [TUM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ytmu.md) Tumut Aerodrome · 71 km / 44 mi
- [CMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yctm.md) Cootamundra Airport · 79 km / 49 mi
- [TEM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ytem.md) Temora Airport · 83 km / 51 mi
- [NRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ynar.md) Narrandera Airport · 101 km / 63 mi
- [ABX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymay.md) Albury Airport · 110 km / 69 mi
- [CYG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycrg.md) Corryong Airport · 120 km / 74 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: “Wagga Wagga Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wagga_Wagga_Airport&oldid=1367622142), revision of 4 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/yswg/data