List of airports in the Northern Territory
List of airports
Table:
Community	Airport name	Type	ICAO	IATA

Alice Springs	Alice Springs Airport	Public	YBAS	ASP

Angurugu	Groote Eylandt Airport	Public	YGTE	GTE

Batchelor	Batchelor Airfield	Military/Public	YBCR

Borroloola	Borroloola Airport	Public	YBRL	BOX

Coomalie Creek	Coomalie Creek Airfield	Military

Croker Island	Croker Island Airport	Public	YCKI	CKI

Daguragu Community	Kalkgurung Airport	Public	YKKG	KFG

Elcho Island	Elcho Island Airport	Public	YELD	ELC

Gapuwiyak	Lake Evella Airport	Public	YLEV	LEL

Katherine	RAAF Base Tindal	Military/Public	YPTN	KTR

Lajamanu	Hooker Creek Airport	Public	YHOO	HOK

Maningrida	Maningrida Airport	Public	YMGD	MNG

Marrara , Darwin	RAAF Base Darwin	Military	YPDN	DRW

Marrara , Darwin	Darwin International Airport	Public	YPDN	DRW

McArthur River zinc mine	McArthur River Mine Airport	Private	YMHU	MCV

Milikapiti , Melville Island	Snake Bay Airport	Public	YSNB	SNB

Milingimbi Island	Milingimbi Airport	Public	YMGB	MGT

Nhulunbuy	Gove Airport	Public	YPGV	GOV

Noonamah , Darwin	Hughes Airfield	Military

Pirlangimpi , Melville Island	Garden Point Airport	Public	YGPT	GPN

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The ICAO ( /ˌaɪˌkeɪˈoʊ/ , eye-KAY-oh ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world . These codes , as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published in ICAO Document 7910 : Location Indicators , are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning . ICAO codes are also used to identify other aviation facilities such as weather stations , International Flight Service Stations or Area Control Centers , whether or not they are located at airports . Flight information regions are also identified by a unique ICAO-code .
An IATA airport code , also known as an IATA location identifier , IATA station code or simply a location identifier , is a three-letter geocode designating many airports and metropolitan areas around the world , defined by the International Air Transport Association ( IATA ) . The characters prominently displayed on baggage tags attached at airport check-in desks are an example of a way these codes are used . The assignment of these codes is governed by IATA Resolution 763 , and it is administered by the IATA 's headquarters in Montreal . The codes are published semi-annually in the IATA Airline Coding Directory . IATA also provides codes for railway stations and for airport handling entities . A list of airports sorted by IATA code is available . A list of railway station codes , shared in agreements between airlines and rail lines such as Amtrak , SNCF French Railways , and Deutsche Bahn , is available . Many railway administrations have their own list of codes for their stations , such as the list of Amtrak station codes .
Alice Springs ( Eastern Arrernte : Mparntwe ) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia . Known as Stuart until 31 August 1933 , the name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice , Lady Todd ( née Alice Gillam Bell ) , wife of the telegraph pioneer Sir Charles Todd . Now colloquially known as The Alice or simply Alice , the town is situated roughly in Australia 's geographic centre . It is nearly equidistant from Adelaide and Darwin . The area is known as Mparntwe to its original inhabitants , the Arrernte , who have lived in the Central Australian desert in and around what is now Alice Springs for tens of thousands of years . Alice Springs had an urban population of 26,534 in June 2018 , having reduced at an average annual rate of -1.16% year-on-year over the preceding five years . The city 's population accounts for approximately 10% of the population of the Northern Territory . The town straddles the usually dry Todd River on the northern side of the MacDonnell Ranges . The surrounding region is known as Central Australia , or the Red Centre , an arid environment consisting of several different deserts . Temperatures in Alice Springs can vary dramatically , with an average maximum in summer of 35.6 °C ( 96.1 °F ) and an average minimum in winter of 5.1 °C ( 41.2 °F ) .
Alice Springs Airport ( IATA : ASP , ICAO : YBAS ) is an Australian regional airport 7 nautical miles ( 13 km ; 8.1 mi ) south of Alice Springs , Northern Territory . The airport was notably involved in Australia 's first domestic airline hijacking , and later a suicide attack by a former airline employee which claimed the lives of four others . The airport has two runways , the larger of which can accommodate a Boeing 747 or 777 landing ( but not a fully laden takeoff due to high temperatures and the runway length ) . The only scheduled flights using the airport are domestic , although international charters do use the airport on occasions . The airport is not subject to a curfew and operates 24 hours a day . During 2010-11 a total of 640,519 domestic passengers passed through Alice Springs Airport making it the 18th busiest airport in Australia . The facility is also extensively used to launch stratospheric research balloons ; the runways used for a balloon launch are closed for aircraft traffic during the balloon launch process .
Angurugu is a community located on Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory , Australia , just off the mainland . The main languages spoken there are Anindilyakwa , an Australian Aboriginal language , and English . A permit is required before travelling to Angurugu .
Groote Eylandt Airport ( IATA : GTE , ICAO : YGTE ) is an airport serving Groote Eylandt , an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria in Northern Territory , Australia . The airport is operated by the Groote Eylandt Mining Co. and is located north of the community of Angurugu .
Batchelor is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia . The town is the current seat and largest town of the Coomalie Shire local government area . It is located 98 kilometres ( 61 mi ) south of the territory capital , Darwin . A number of residents commute to Darwin and its suburbs for work . In the 2016 census , Batchelor recorded a population of 507 people , with 36% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin .
Batchelor Airfield , ( ICAO : YBCR ) is an airport located south of Batchelor , Northern Territory , Australia . The airport currently has no commercial air services ; however , it is utilised by the Northern Australian Gliding Club and the Alice Springs Aero Club as a flight training base .
Borroloola is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia . It is located on the McArthur River , about 50 km upstream from the Gulf of Carpentaria .
Borroloola Airport ( IATA : BOX , ICAO : YBRL ) is an airport located approximately 1.5 km ( 0.93 mi ) south of Borroloola in the Northern Territory , Australia .
Coomalie Creek is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 72 kilometres ( 45 mi ) south-east of the territory capital of Darwin . The locality consists of land bounded to the east by the Adelaide River and whose western boundary lies the immediate west of the Stuart Highway which passes through the locality in a north-south alignment . This locality is named after Coomalie Creek , which flows through the locality , and whose name is considered to be corruption of the aboriginal name , Gumili . Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 29 October 1997 . The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Coomalie Creek had 20 people living within its boundaries . Coomalie Creek is located within the federal division of Lingiari , the territory electoral division of Daly and within the local government area of the Coomalie Shire .
Coomalie Creek Airfield was a Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ) airfield built in 1942 in what is now the locality of Coomalie Creek , Northern Territory , Australia during World War II .
Croker Island is an island in the Arafura Sea off the coast of the Northern Territory , Australia , 200 km northeast of Darwin . It is separated from Cobourg Peninsula in the west by Bowen Strait , which is 2.5 km wide in the south and up to 7 km in the north , and 8.5 km long . In the north and east is the Arafura Sea , and in the south and southeast Mountnorris Bay . Croker Island measures 43 km from Point David ( south , local name Inngirnatj ) to Cape Croker ( north ) , up to 15 km wide , and has an area of 331.5 km² ( 128.0 sq . miles ) . At its highest point it is only 15 m ( 50 feet ) above sea level . Croker Island is the largest island , and the only permanently inhabited island , in the Croker Group .
Croker Island Airport ( IATA : CKI , ICAO : YCKI ) is located on the west side of Croker Island , in the Northern Territory , Australia .
The Daguragu Community is an Aboriginal community in the Katherine Region of the Northern Territory , Australia . It is located 460 km south west of Katherine , Northern Territory . It was also formerly a local government area until its amalgamation into the Victoria Daly Shire on 1 July 2008 .
Kalkgurung Airport ( IATA : KFG , ICAO : YKKG ) is an airport serving Daguragu and Kalkarindji , Northern Territory , Australia . The airport is located between both towns , 2 nautical miles ( 3.7 km ; 2.3 mi ) west northwest of the Wave Hill ( Kalkarindji ) police station .
Elcho Island , known to its traditional owners as Galiwin'ku ( Galiwinku ) is an island off the coast of Arnhem Land , in the Northern Territory of Australia . It is located at the southern end of the Wessel Islands group located in the East Arnhem Region . Galiwin'ku is also the name of the settlement where the island 's largest community lives . Elcho Island formed part of the traditional lands of the Yan-nhaŋu , according to Norman Tindale . According to J. C. Jennison , the Aboriginal inhabitants were the Dhuwal , who called themselves the Kokalango Mala ( mala=clan . )
Elcho Island Airport ( IATA : ELC , ICAO : YELD ) is an airport on Elcho Island , Northern Territory , Australia .
Gapuwiyak , also known as Lake Evella , is an Aboriginal Australian community located in north-eastern Arnhem Land , Northern Territory , 25 kilometres ( 16 mi ) south of the head of Buckingham Bay and about the same distance south-west of Arnhem Bay . Gapuwiyak is adjacent to Lake Evella . The lake was seen by Harold Shepherdson from his Miles Hawk aeroplane in 1935 and named it Lake Evella after his wife Ella , and Eva , the wife of a fellow missionary Rev . T.T . Webb . [ citation needed ] The population is about 1000 people . The community is serviced by a barge from Darwin once a week that comes up the Buckingham River . [ citation needed ] Gapuwiyak means brackish water ( Gapu - water ; Wiyak - salty ) . [ citation needed ] The community comprises Aboriginal people from many different families or clans . It produces a newsletter called Gapuwiyak Dhäwu . [ citation needed ] In April 2017 , a four-day festival to mark the Rom ceremony was attended by about 500 people at Gapuwiyak School . The Yolngu Rom comprises the laws , values , beliefs , songs , language and culture of the people , and the young people learn from participation in the event , which is attended by people of all ages .
Lake Evella Airport ( IATA : LEL , ICAO : YLEV ) is an airport in Gapuwiyak , Northern Territory , Australia . In 2004 the airstrip was sealed . The airport received $ 293,904 for security updates in 2006 .
Katherine is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia . It is situated on the Katherine River ( after which it is named ) below the Top End , 320 kilometres ( 200 mi ) southeast of Darwin . It is the fourth largest settlement in the Territory and is known as the place where The outback meets the tropics . Katherine had an urban population of approximately 6,300 at the 2016 Census . Katherine is also the closest major town to RAAF Base Tindal located 17 km southeast and provides education , health , local government services and employment opportunities for the families of Defence personnel stationed there . In the 2016 census , the base had a residential population of 857 , with only around 20% of the workforce engaged in employment outside of defence , the majority commuting to work in Katherine . Katherine is also the central hub of the great Savannah Way which stretches from Cairns in north QLD to Broome in the Kimberley WA . Beginning as an outpost established with the Australian Overland Telegraph Line on the North-South transport route between Darwin and Adelaide , Katherine has grown with the development of transport and local industries including mining - particularly gold mining ; a strategic military function with RAAF Base Tindal ; also as a tourism gateway to the attractions of nearby Nitmiluk National Park , particularly Nitmiluk ( Katherine ) Gorge and its many ancient rock paintings . The region is known to experience heavy flooding during the wet season .
RAAF Base Tindal ( IATA : KTR , ICAO : YPTN ) is a Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ) military air base and civil aviation airfield located 8 nautical miles ( 15 km ; 9.2 mi ) east southeast of the town of Katherine , Northern Territory in Australia . The base is currently home to No . 75 Squadron and a number of non-flying units , and also hosts the Katherine Tindal Civilian Airport . First constructed in 1942 , it was refurbished in the late 1960s as a bare base capable of being utilised when required . It was opened as a permanently manned RAAF base in 1989 .
Lajamanu is a small town of the Northern Territory in Australia . It is located around 557 kilometres from Katherine and approximately 890 kilometres from Darwin . At the 2006 census , Lajamanu had a population of 669 , of which 92 percent are of Aboriginal origin .
Hooker Creek Airport ( IATA : HOK , ICAO : YHOO ) is an airport in Lajamanu , Northern Territory , Australia . The only operators currently based there is Chartair with a Cessna 210 . Avgas and JetA1 are available with a call out fee for after hours use .
Maningrida is an Aboriginal community in the heart of the Arnhem Land region of Australia 's Northern Territory . Maningrida is 500 km ( 311 mi ) east of Darwin , and 300 km ( 186 mi ) north east of Jabiru . At the 2016 census , Maningrida had a population of 2,308 . It is on the North Central Arnhem Land coast of the Arafura Sea , on the estuary of the Liverpool River . The Kunibídji people are the traditional landowners of this country . The name Maningrida is an Anglicised version of the Kunibídji name Manayingkarírra , which comes from the phrase Mane djang karirra , meaning the place where the Dreaming changed shape . The town supports a population of over 2,600 people , which includes those who live on the 30 homeland centres or outstations around Maningrida . Major players in the town 's economic and political life include the Maningrida Progress Association , the Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation , Mala'la Health Service Aboriginal Corporation and the West Arnhem Regional Council .
Maningrida Airport ( IATA : MNG , ICAO : YMGD ) is an airport serving Maningrida , Northern Territory , Australia . It is operated by Maningrida Council Inc .
Marrara is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin , Northern Territory , Australia .
Darwin ( /ˈdɑːrwɪn/ ( listen ) DAR-win ) is the capital city of the Northern Territory of Australia , situated on the Timor Sea . It is the largest city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory , with a population of 148,564 . It is the smallest , wettest and most northerly of the Australian capital cities , and acts as the Top End 's regional centre . Darwin 's proximity to South East Asia makes it a link between Australia and countries such as Indonesia and East Timor . The Stuart Highway begins in Darwin , extends southerly across central Australia through Tennant Creek and Alice Springs , concluding in Port Augusta , South Australia . The city is built upon a low bluff overlooking the harbour . Its suburbs begin at Lee Point in the north and stretch to Berrimah in the east . Past Berrimah , the Stuart Highway goes on to Darwin 's satellite city Palmerston and its suburbs . The Darwin region , like much of the Top End , experiences a tropical climate with a wet and dry season . A period known locally as the build up leading up to Darwin 's wet season sees temperature and humidity increase . Darwin 's wet season typically arrives in late November to early December and brings with it heavy monsoonal downpours , spectacular lightning displays , and increased cyclone activity . During the dry season , the city has clear skies and mild sea breezes from the harbour .
RAAF Base Darwin ( IATA : DRW , ICAO : YPDN ) is a Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ) military air base located in the city of Darwin , in the Northern Territory , Australia . The base shares its runway with Darwin International Airport , for civil aviation purposes . The heritage-listed RAAF Base Darwin is a forward operating base with year-round activity with approximately 400 personnel .
Darwin International Airport ( IATA : DRW , ICAO : YPDN ) is the busiest airport serving the Northern Territory and the tenth busiest airport in Australia . It is the only airport serving Darwin . The airport is located in Darwin 's northern suburbs , 8 km ( 5.0 mi ) from Darwin city centre , in the suburb of Eaton . It shares runways with the Royal Australian Air Force 's RAAF Base Darwin . Darwin Airport has an international terminal , a domestic terminal and a cargo terminal . Both of the passenger terminals have a number of shops and cafeterias . In 2011 the airport served 26,036 flights and 1,743,734 passengers .
The McArthur River mine is one of the world 's largest zinc , lead and silver mines , situated about 70 kilometres southwest of Borroloola , near the Gulf of Carpentaria in the northeastern Northern Territory , Australia . It is operated by McArthur River Mining ( MRM ) , a subsidiary of the Swiss mining company Glencore . Although discovered in the 1950s , when it was originally called the HYC or Here 's Your Chance deposit , it only opened as a mine in 1995 . Initially an underground mining operation , the mine has been converted to open-cut .
McArthur River Mine Airport ( IATA : MCV , ICAO : YMHU ) is an airport 0.5 nautical miles ( 0.93 km ; 0.58 mi ) south of the McArthur River Mine townsite , Northern Territory , Australia .
Milikapiti is a village on the northern coast of Melville Island , Northern Territory , Australia . At the 2011 census , Milikapiti had a population of 447 . It is 105 kilometres ( 65 mi ) by air from Darwin . Fly Tiwi airlines fly twice daily to and from Darwin servicing Milikapiti . The flight takes approximately 25 minutes . The day-to-day management of the Milikapiti community is the responsibility of the Tiwi Islands Regional Council .
Melville Island ( Tiwi : Yermalner ) is an island in the eastern Timor Sea , off the coast of the Northern Territory , Australia . Along with Bathurst Island and nine smaller uninhabited islands , it forms part of the group known as the Tiwi Islands , which are under the jurisdiction of the Northern Territory in association with the Tiwi Land Council as the regional authority .
Snake Bay Airport ( IATA : SNB , ICAO : YSNB ) is located at Milikapiti , Northern Territory on the northern coast of Melville Island , Australia .
Milingimbi Island , also Yurruwi , is the largest island of the Crocodile Islands group off the coast of Arnhem Land , Northern Territory , Australia .
Milingimbi Airport ( IATA : MGT , ICAO : YMGB ) is an airport located 2 nautical miles ( 3.7 km ; 2.3 mi ) east northeast of Milingimbi on Milingimbi Island , Northern Territory in Australia . The airport received funding for security upgrades in 2006 .
Nhulunbuy is a township that is the sixth largest place in the Northern Territory of Australia . Nhulunbuy was created on the Gove Peninsula when a bauxite mine , and a deep water port , were established in the late 1960s , followed by an alumina refinery . At the 2016 census , Nhulunbuy had a population of 3,240 with a median age of 32 . The alumina refinery closed in May 2014 , which resulted in 1,100 workers being redeployed or made redundant , and reduced the Nhulunbuy population by 700 to 3,240 in the 2016 census . In 2019 a new Arnhem Space Centre near Nhulunbuy , an equatorial satellite launch facility , was announced .
Gove Airport ( IATA : GOV , ICAO : YPGV ) is on the Gove Peninsula in the Northern Territory of Australia . It services the mining town of Nhulunbuy and several Aboriginal communities including Yirrkala . The airport is located 5.8 nautical miles ( 10.7 km ; 6.7 mi ) south southeast of the Nhulunbuy town centre , on Melville Road . It is operated by the Nhulunbuy Corporation . Airnorth operates daily scheduled services to and from Darwin , Cairns & Groote Eylandt . Various charter companies are based and operate out of Gove . Including Laynha Air , Marthakal Yolngu Airline , Katherine Aviation , Air Frontier , Black Diamond Aviation and Mission Aviation Fellowship .
Noonamah is an outer rural suburban area of Darwin . it is 45 km SE of the Darwin CBD . Its Local Government Area is the Litchfield Municipality . The suburb is mostly a rural area , but has been experiencing strong growth in population and development. [ when ? ] The Elizabeth River flows through Noonamah towards the East Arm of Darwin Harbour .
Hughes Airfield ( 32 Mile ) is an airfield in the Northern Territory of Australia located in the locality of Hughes . It was constructed during World War II for military use . The airfield now functions as a base for aerial firefighting aircraft to protect the outer rural suburbs of Darwin . The airfield was built by the U.S. Army engineering unit , the 808th Engineer Aviation Battalion , from 10 March 1942 until 13 April 1942 . The runway was 5,000 feet ( 1,500 m ) long and 100 feet ( 30 m ) wide .
Pirlangimpi is a populated place on Melville Island in the Northern Territory , Australia . Pirlangimpi lies two kilometres from the site of the first British settlement in northern Australia , the short-lived Fort Dundas . The present settlement , then called Garden Point , was established in 1937 as a police post , because of concerns about the activities of Japanese luggers . In 1940 a mission was founded by the Roman Catholic Missionaries of the Sacred Heart as a home for mixed-blood children , both local part-Japanese and those removed from their families in other parts of the Northern Territory . Australian Rules football was introduced by Brother John Pye of the Catholic mission . Three Norm Smith Medalists - Maurice Rioli , Michael Long and Cyril Rioli - were raised at the mission at Pirlangimpi . Marjorie Liddy , who grew up on the mission , provided an image that was widely used in Pope Benedict XVI 's visit to World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney . The present community includes a primary school , police station , small supermarket , club , health facility and airstrip . Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church is the base of the Melville Island parish . The population is 371 ( 2011 census ) .
Garden Point Airport ( IATA : GPN , ICAO : YGPT ) is located at Pularumpi , on the west coast of Melville Island , in the Northern Territory , Australia .