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Port Hedland International Airport
Port Hedland International Airport
	IATA: PHE; ICAO: YPPD;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Town of Port Hedland
Operator	Dexus (50%); Infrastructure Capital Group (50%)
Serves	Port Hedland and South Hedland
Location	Port Hedland, Western Australia
Elevation AMSL	33 ft / 10 m
Coordinates	20°22′40″S 118°37′35″E / 20.37778°S 118.62639°E
Website	porthedlandairport.com.au
Maps
	YPPD Location in Western Australia YPPD YPPD (Australia)
Runways
Statistics (2014/15)
Passengers
Passengers	470,741
Aircraft movements	5,518
	Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart

Port Hedland International Airport (IATA: PHE, ICAO: YPPD) is an international airport serving Port Hedland, Western Australia. The airport is 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south-east^[1] of Port Hedland and 11 km (6.8 mi) from South Hedland and is owned by the Town of Port Hedland Council. It is an important airport for passengers who work in the mining industry.

History

The airport has undergone a number of upgrades. Stage one of works include the extension of an existing taxiway and installation of new lighting, the construction of a new taxiway, widening of taxiway intersections and the extension of the domestic and international arrivals and departures area. This was to be completed by the end of July 2011.^[2] A further upgrade occurred in 2013.^[3]

Between 2008 and 2014, passenger movements more than doubled as a result of increased fly-in fly-out activity to the Pilbara during the mining boom.

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines previously operated flights to Denpasar which were suspended in 2014, the Denpasar flight resumed on 4 April 2015 and is operated by Virgin Australia.^[4] This flight was cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic however as of 2023 the town council was advocating for this route to be reinstated.^[5]

In July 2015, the Town of Port Hedland agreed to lease the airport to AMP Capital (since acquired by Dexus) and Infrastructure Capital Group for 50 years.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Alliance Airlines	Perth^[9]
Aviair	Newman
Nexus Airlines	Broome, Geraldton, Karratha^[10]
Qantas	Perth
QantasLink	Perth
Virgin Australia	Perth
Virgin Australia Regional Airlines	Perth

Statistics

Port Hedland International Airport was ranked 21st in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2022/23 and is third busiest airport in Western Australia.^[11]^[12]

Annual passenger and aircraft statistics for Port Hedland^[12]
Year^[11]	Revenue passengers	Aircraft movements
2001–02	69,681	2,388
2002–03	76,789	2,393
2003–04	91,371	2,502
2004–05	100,430	2,791
2005–06	120,931	2,103
2006–07	158,755	2,159
2007–08	196,252	2,588
2008–09	208,819	2,757
2009–10	296,810	3,477
2010–11	367,690	4,721
2011–12	473,979	5,450
2012–13	512,630	6,020
2013–14	504,659	5,754
2014–15	470,727	5,518
2015–16	387,048	5,098
2016–17	360,984	4,840
2017–18	363,508	4,622
2018–19	382,590	4,692
2019–20	317,151	3,908
2020–21	267,330	3,479
2021–22	409,666	4,338
2022–23	477,036	4,173
2023–24	479,295	5,260