Armidale Airport

Armidale Airport
IATA: ARM ICAO: YARM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Armidale Dumaresq Shire
Serves	Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Elevation AMSL	3,556 ft / 1,084 m
Coordinates	30°31′42″S 151°37′00″E / 30.52833°S 151.61667°E / -30.52833; 151.61667Coordinates: 30°31′42″S 151°37′00″E / 30.52833°S 151.61667°E / -30.52833; 151.61667
Map
YARM Location in New South Wales
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 1,738 5,702 Asphalt 09/27 1,116 3,661 Grass/Gravel
Statistics (FY 2012-13)
Revenue passengers 107,470 Aircraft movements 3,141
Sources: Airservices Australia,BITRE

Armidale Airport (IATA: ARM, ICAO: YARM) is an airport serving Armidale, a city in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) southwest of the town centre, on the New England Highway. The airport is operated by the Armidale Dumaresq Shire Council.

The airport resides at an elevation of 3,556 ft (1,084 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 05/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,738 m × 30 m (5,702 ft × 98 ft) and 09/27 with a grassed gravel surface measuring 1,116 m × 30 m (3,661 ft × 98 ft).

East-West Airlines operated from Sydney and Brisbane to Armidale from 1949 until 1988 when the routes were taken over by Eastern Australia Airlines (then a subsidiary of Australian Airlines, now a subsidiary of Qantas).

Hazelton Airlines, an affiliate of Ansett Australia, operated between Sydney and Armidale from 1989 until the company collapsed in 2002.

Impulse Airlines operated services to Sydney and Brisbane from 1994 until it was taken over by Qantas in 2001.