Port Lincoln Airport
Encyclopedia
Port Lincoln Airport is an airport
serving Port Lincoln, a city in the Australia
n state
of South Australia
. It is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Port Lincoln, near the township of North Shields. The airport is owned and operated by the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula
. It was the second busiest airport in South Australia during 2009/10, with 168,147 passengers served.
of 36 feet (11 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt
paved runway designated 01/19 which measures 1499 by 30 m (4,918 by 98.4 ) and two additional runways with gravel
surfaces: 05/23 measuring 1275 by 30 m (4,183.1 by 98.4 ) and 15/33 measuring 1450 by 30 m (4,757.2 by 98.4 ).
s served in financial year 2009-2010.
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 Port Lincoln, a city in the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n state
States and territories of Australia
The Commonwealth of Australia is a union of six states and various territories. The Australian mainland is made up of five states and three territories, with the sixth state of Tasmania being made up of islands. In addition there are six island territories, known as external territories, and a...
of South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
. It is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Port Lincoln, near the township of North Shields. The airport is owned and operated by the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula
District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula
The District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula is a local government area located on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The district covers the southern tip of the peninsula, except for the small area taken up by the City of Port Lincoln....
. It was the second busiest airport in South Australia during 2009/10, with 168,147 passengers served.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 36 feet (11 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt
Asphalt
Asphalt or , also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits, it is a substance classed as a pitch...
paved runway designated 01/19 which measures 1499 by 30 m (4,918 by 98.4 ) and two additional runways with gravel
Gravel
Gravel is composed of unconsolidated rock fragments that have a general particle size range and include size classes from granule- to boulder-sized fragments. Gravel can be sub-categorized into granule and cobble...
surfaces: 05/23 measuring 1275 by 30 m (4,183.1 by 98.4 ) and 15/33 measuring 1450 by 30 m (4,757.2 by 98.4 ).
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
Port Lincoln Airport was ranked 35th in Australia for the number of revenue passengerRevenue 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.