Geraldton Airport

Geraldton Airport
IATA: GET ICAO: YGEL
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	City of Greater Geraldton
Location	Geraldton, Western Australia
Elevation AMSL	121 ft / 37 m
Coordinates	28°47′46″S 114°42′27″E / 28.79611°S 114.70750°E / -28.79611; 114.70750Coordinates: 28°47′46″S 114°42′27″E / 28.79611°S 114.70750°E / -28.79611; 114.70750
Website	GeraldtonAirport.com.au
Map
YGEL Location in Western Australia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 03/21 1,981 6,499 Asphalt 08/26 900 2,953 Gravel 14/32 844 2,769 Asphalt
Statistics (2010/11)
Passengers 104,051 Aircraft movements 3,783
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart Passenger and aircraft movements from the BITRE

Geraldton Airport (IATA: GET, ICAO: YGEL) is an airport located 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) east of Geraldton, Western Australia, along the Geraldton – Mount Magnet Road. On average, from 2006 to 2011, more than 98,000 passengers used the airport annually.

From 1941 to 1945, Geraldton was the site of No. 4 Service Flying Training School RAAF.

Geraldton Airport is the general aviation and regular passenger transport airport for the City of Greater Geraldton and it meets varying transport, industrial and commercial interests across the mid-west region.

Geraldton Airport is the main regional base for aircraft charter operations, flight training, private flying, aerial and agricultural work and aircraft maintenance in the mid-west region.

The closest significant aerodromes are Mullewa, 100 km (62 mi) to the east or Kalbarri 100 km (62 mi) to the north and for larger jet operations Perth Airport, 370 km (230 mi) to the south.

Geraldton Airport has daily Regular Public Transport (RPT) services, Geraldton – Perth – Geraldton, provided by both QantasLink and Virgin Australia Regional Airlines using Fokker 100 aircraft.

Geraldton Airport is the base for several general aviation flying training and charter operators, namely;