Mount Isa Airport
{{Short description|Airport in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2013}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Mount Isa Airport
| image = Mount Isa Airport logo.svg
| IATA = ISA
| ICAO = YBMA
| type = Public
| owner = Mount Isa Airport Pty Ltd
| operator = Queensland Airports
| city-served = Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
| location =
| elevation-f = 1,121
| website = [http://www.mountisaairport.com.au/ www.mountisaairport.com.au]
| coordinates = {{coord|20|39|50|S|139|29|19|E|region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Queensland
| pushpin_label = YBMA
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Queensland
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 16/34
| r1-length-m = 2,560
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| stat1-header = Revenue passengers
| stat1-data = 217,525
| stat2-header = Aircraft movements
| stat2-data = 5,376
| footnotes = Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart{{AIP AU|YBMA|name=Mount Isa}}, [http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dap/BMAAD01-130.pdf Aeronautical Chart] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410100632/http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dap/BMAAD01-130.pdf |date=10 April 2012 }} BITRE
}}
Mount Isa Airport {{airport codes|ISA|YBMA}}{{cite web | url = http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=ISA | title = Mount Isa Airport (ISA / YBMA) | publisher = Aviation Safety Network}} is an airport serving the western Queensland city of Mount Isa, Australia. It is served by a variety of scheduled regional airlines, with flights to Brisbane, Townsville and Cairns as well as several other regional centres.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service has one of its nine Queensland bases at Mount Isa Airport.{{Cite web|title=RFDS QLD Home Page|url=https://www.flyingdoctor.org.au/qld/|access-date=2021-04-17|website=Royal Flying Doctor Service}}
Since 2005 the airport has been owned by Queensland Airports, which also owns Townsville Airport, Longreach Airport and Gold Coast Airport.{{cite web | url = http://www.qldairports.com.au/qal-airports/mount-isa-airport/ | title = Mount Isa Airport | publisher = Queensland Airports | access-date = 2 August 2011}}{{cite web | url = http://www.mountisaairport.com.au/corporate/about-mount-isa/ | title = About Mount Isa Airport | publisher = MountIsaAirport.com | access-date = 2 August 2011}}
In the 2010–11 financial year, Mount Isa Airport handled 217,525 passengers, a 25.1% increase over the previous year.
In 2019, the airport was a base for relief efforts for the North West Queensland floods.{{cite web |last1=Barry |first1=Derek |title=RAAF unload jet fuel at Mount Isa for flood emergency |url=https://www.colliemail.com.au/story/5896664/raaf-unload-jet-fuel-at-mount-isa-for-flood-emergency/?cs=9397 |website=Collie Mail}}
Facilities
Airlines and destinations
{{airport-dest-list
| {{nowrap|Alliance Airlines}} | Charter: Brisbane
| QantasLink | Brisbane, Cloncurry, Townsville
| Rex Airlines |Bedourie, Birdsville, Brisbane, Burketown, Boulia, Cairns, Charleville, Doomadgee, Gununa, Hughenden, Julia Creek, Karumba, Normanton, Quilpie, Richmond, Toowoomba, Townsville, Windorah
|Virgin Australia | Brisbane}}
Statistics
Mount Isa Airport was ranked 30th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2010–2011.Fiscal year 1 July – 30 June{{cite web | url = http://www.bitre.gov.au/publications/ongoing/files/WebAirport_FY_1986-2011.xls | title = Airport Traffic Data 1985-86 to 2010-11 | publisher = Bureau of Infrastructure & Transport Research Economics | date = May 2012 | access-date = 8 May 2012 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120324180211/https://www.bitre.gov.au/publications/ongoing/files/WebAirport_FY_1986-2011.xls | archive-date = 24 March 2012 }} Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"
{{Bar graph
| title = Annual passenger and aircraft statistics for Mount Isa
| bar_width = 19
| width_units = em
| label1 = 2001-02
| label2 = 2002-03
| label3 = 2003-04
| label4 = 2004-05
| label5 = 2005-06
| label6 = 2006-07
| label7 = 2007-08
| label8 = 2008-09
| label9 = 2009-10
| label10 = 2010-11
| data_type = Revenue passengers
| data_max = 220,000
| data1 = 89,433 | comment1 =
| data2 = 88,793 | comment2 = -0.7%
| data3 = 99,205 | comment3 = +11.7%
| data4 = 111,303 | comment4 = +12.2%
| data5 = 132,475 | comment5 = +19.0%
| data6 = 155,572 | comment6 = +17.4%
| data7 = 186,679 | comment7 = +20.0%
| data8 = 173,517 | comment8 = -7.1%
| data9 = 173,813 | comment9 = +0.2%
| data10 = 217,525 | comment10 = 25.1%
| col2_data_type = Aircraft movements
| col2_data_max = 5,500
| col2_data1 = 3,548 | col2_comment1 =
| col2_data2 = 3,736 | col2_comment2 = +5.3%
| col2_data3 = 3,596 | col2_comment3 = -3.7%
| col2_data4 = 3,541 | col2_comment4 = -1.5%
| col2_data5 = 3,769 | col2_comment5 = +6.4%
| col2_data6 = 4,185 | col2_comment6 = +11.0%
| col2_data7 = 4,645 | col2_comment7 = +11.0%
| col2_data8 = 3,467 | col2_comment8 = -25.4%
| col2_data9 = 3,743 | col2_comment9 = +8.0%
| col2_data10 = 5,376 | col2_comment10 = 37.2%
}}
Accidents and incidents
{{Main|Ansett-ANA Flight 149}}
On 22 September 1966 a Vickers Viscount aircraft departed from Mount Isa Airport with twenty passengers for a flight to Brisbane via Longreach. Forty-four minutes after takeoff a fire started in one of the engines. The crew were unable to extinguish the fire or feather the propeller so made an emergency descent with the intention of landing at Winton, a town {{Convert|225|NM|abbr=on}} south-east of Mount Isa. The fire spread to the fuel tank and weakened the wing structure so that a large part of the left wing broke away. The aircraft crashed {{Convert|12|mi|abbr=on}} west of Winton. All on board were killed.[http://www.vickersviscount.net/Index/VickersViscount416History.aspx Vickers Viscount No. 416 – Operational Record]. Retrieved 2011-08-25 It remains the fifth-worst accident in Australia's civil aviation history.[http://home.brisnet.org.au/~dunn/ozcrashes/10worst.htm Ten Worst Aircraft Crashes in Australia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319042853/http://home.brisnet.org.au/~dunn/ozcrashes/10worst.htm |date=19 March 2012 }}. Retrieved 2011-08-25
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.mountisaairport.com.au/ Mount Isa Airport], official site
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{{Airports in Australia}}
{{Airports in Queensland}}
Category:Airports in Queensland