Olympic Dam Airport

Olympic Dam Airport
IATA: OLP ICAO: YOLD
Summary
Airport type	Private
Operator	BHP Billiton, Olympic Dam Operations
Serves	Olympic Dam Mine
Location	Olympic Dam, South Australia
Elevation AMSL	343 ft / 105 m
Coordinates	30°29′06″S 136°52′36″E / 30.48500°S 136.87667°E / -30.48500; 136.87667Coordinates: 30°29′06″S 136°52′36″E / 30.48500°S 136.87667°E / -30.48500; 136.87667
Map
YOLD Location in South Australia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 1,591 5,220 Asphalt
Statistics (2010/11)
Passengers 72,215 Aircraft movements 1,875
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart, passenger and aircraft movements from the BITRE

Olympic Dam Airport (IATA: OLP, ICAO: YOLD) is an airport in Olympic Dam, South Australia. There have been planned expansions for the airport starting in 2006 and ongoing in 2011. Alliance Airlines operate a public transport service between Olympic Dam and Adelaide.

The airport is located at Olympic Dam, South Australia with the terminal located at 30°29′02.0322″S 136°53′02.7954″E / 30.483897833°S 136.884109833°E / -30.483897833; 136.884109833 (Olympic Dam Airport Terminal) with the local time zone (Australian Central Standard Time (ACST)) of +9:30 hours from UTC. The airport's codes are OLP for FlightStats and IATA, YOLD for ICAO and it does not have an FFA code.Avis Rent a Car System has operated from the airport.

In 2007, there was a near mid-air collision between an Alliance Airlines plane and a charter flight. Flooding in the region in 2010 did not affect the airport.