Paraburdoo Airport is an airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 serving Paraburdoo, a town in the Pilbara

Pilbara region of Western Australia

The Pilbara is a large, dry, thinly populated region in the north of Western Australia known for its vast mineral deposits, in particular iron ore...

 region of Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

. The airport is located 9 kilometres (6 mi) northeast of Paraburdoo. It also serves the town of Tom Price, with bus services completing the extra 71 kilometres (44 mi) to Tom Price.

The airport is owned and operated by Rio Tinto Group

Rio Tinto Group

The Rio Tinto Group is a diversified, British-Australian, multinational mining and resources group with headquarters in London and Melbourne. The company was founded in 1873, when a multinational consortium of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto river, in Huelva, Spain from the...

. Paraburdoo's primary air traffic is made up by a mixture of Qantas

Qantas

Qantas Airways Limited is the flag carrier of Australia. The name was originally "QANTAS", an initialism for "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services". Nicknamed "The Flying Kangaroo", the airline is based in Sydney, with its main hub at Sydney Airport...

 flights, jet and turboprop charter aircraft as well as general aviation light aircraft. Qantas

Qantas

Qantas Airways Limited is the flag carrier of Australia. The name was originally "QANTAS", an initialism for "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services". Nicknamed "The Flying Kangaroo", the airline is based in Sydney, with its main hub at Sydney Airport...

 operates 37 direct flights weekly to and from Perth, Western Australia

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

. Skywest Airlines

Skywest Airlines

Skywest Airlines Pty Ltd is a regional airline company based in Perth, Western Australia, Australia; servicing key towns in the state of Western Australia, Darwin, Northern Territory and Melbourne, Victoria; as well as charter flights to Bali, Indonesia....

 operate three closed charter flights weekly to Carnarvon

Carnarvon, Western Australia

Carnarvon is a coastal town situated approximately 900 kilometres north of Perth, Western Australia. It lies at the mouth of the Gascoyne River on the Indian Ocean. The popular Shark Bay world heritage area lies to the south of the town and the Ningaloo Reef lies to the north...

 and Geraldton.

Qantas Paraburdoo Opening hours

Monday: 06:00/10:00 - 13:00/19:00

Tuesday: 06:00/11:30 - 13:00/19:00

Wednesday: 06:00/10:30 - 14:30/20:00

Thursday: 06:00/11:30 - 14:30/19:00

Friday: 06:00/10:00 - 15:00/19:00

Saturday: 07:00/10:30

Sunday: 15:00/19:00

Runways

Runway 06/24

Surface ASPHALT

True Heading 245.0

Latitude -23.167372
23° 10' 02.54" S

Longitude 117.756381
117° 45' 22.97" E

Elevation 1405.0 feet
428 meters

Slope -0.4°

Landing Distance 6995 feet
2132 meters

Takeoff Distance 6995 feet
2132 meters

Lighting System
PCL
LIRL
PAPI
PORTABLE

Airlines and destinations

Incidents

On 17 June 2007 a twin-engine charter aircraft had a fault with its landing gear and was forced to circle for over two hours before making an emergency landing on Paraburdoo's runway. The incident required a cleanup of the runway as well as cranes to remove the aircraft. A QantasLink Boeing 717

Boeing 717

The Boeing 717 is a twin-engine, single-aisle jet airliner, developed for the 100-seat market. The airliner was designed and marketed by McDonnell Douglas as the MD-95, a third-generation derivative of the DC-9. Capable of seating of up to 117 passengers, the 717 has maximum range of...

 from Perth to Paraburdoo was forced to divert to Newman Airport

Newman Airport

Newman Airport is an airport near Newman, Western Australia. Situated 11 km from the town centre, it is the most ready form of transport between Perth and Newman....

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Statistics

Paraburdoo Airport was ranked 36th in Australia for the number of revenue passenger

Revenue passenger

A revenue passenger is someone who has paid the transport operator for her or his trip. That excludes non-paying passengers such as airline employees flying on free or nearly-free passes, babies and children who do not have a seat of their own, etc...

s served in financial year 2009-2010.