Mount Isa Airport
Airport in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mount Isa Airport (IATA: ISA, ICAO: YBMA)[3] is an airport serving the western Queensland city of Mount Isa, Australia.[2] It is served by a variety of scheduled regional airlines, with flights to Brisbane, Townsville and Cairns as well as several other regional centres.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Mount Isa Airport Pty Ltd | ||||||||||
Operator | Queensland Airports Limited | ||||||||||
Serves | Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,121 ft / 342 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 20°39′50″S 139°29′19″E | ||||||||||
Website | www.mountisaairport.com.au | ||||||||||
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The Royal Flying Doctor Service has one of its nine Queensland bases at Mount Isa Airport.[4]
Since 2005 the airport has been owned by Queensland Airports Limited, which also owns Townsville Airport, Longreach Airport and Gold Coast Airport.[5][6]
In the 2010–11 financial year,[1] Mount Isa Airport handled 217,525 passengers, a 25.1% increase over the previous year.[7]
In 2019, the airport was a base for relief efforts for the North West Queensland floods.[8]