Geraldton Airport

Geraldton Airport
Geraldton Airport main terminal, October 2023
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorCity of Greater Geraldton
ServesGeraldton
LocationMoonyoonooka, Western Australia
Opened5 Dec 1921
Elevation AMSL121 ft / 37 m
Coordinates28°47′47″S 114°42′22″E / 28.79639°S 114.70611°E / -28.79639; 114.70611
Websiteairport.cgg.wa.gov.au
Map
YGEL is located in Western Australia
YGEL
YGEL
Location in Western Australia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 2,400 7,874 Asphalt
08/26 900 2,953 Gravel
14/32 844 2,769 Asphalt
Statistics (2021/22[1])
Passengers80,374
Aircraft movements1,238
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[2]
Passenger and aircraft movements from the BITRE[3]

Geraldton Airport (IATA: GET, ICAO: YGEL) is an airport located 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) east[2] of Geraldton, Western Australia, in Moonyoonooka along the Geraldton – Mount Magnet Road.

During 2020–2022, on average 65,861 passengers used the airport annually, down from 110,630 for the 3 years prior (2017-2019), a drop attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference fiscal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b YGEL – Geraldton (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart
  3. ^ a b "Airport Traffic Data 1985 to 2022". Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities (BITRE). July 2018. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023. Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"