Gove Airport

Gove Airport
Main terminal entrance (2002)
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerNhulunbuy Corporation
OperatorNhulunbuy Corporation
ServesGove Peninsula, Northern Territory, Australia
LocationNhulunbuy
Elevation AMSL205 ft / 62 m
Coordinates12°16′12″S 136°49′06″E / 12.27000°S 136.81833°E / -12.27000; 136.81833
Map
YPGV is located in Northern Territory
YPGV
YPGV
Location in the Northern Territory
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 2,208 7,244 Asphalt
Statistics (2010–11[1])
Revenue passengers108,067
Aircraft movements2,702
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[2]
Passenger and aircraft movements from the BITRE[3]
The never-operated control tower (2002)

Gove Airport (IATA: GOV[4], ICAO: YPGV) (also known as Gove-Nhulunbuy Airport) is on the Gove Peninsula in the Northern Territory of Australia. It services the mining town of Nhulunbuy and several Aboriginal communities including Yirrkala. The airport is located 5.8 nautical miles (10.7 km; 6.7 mi) south southeast[2] of the Nhulunbuy town centre, on Melville Road.[5] It is operated by the Nhulunbuy Corporation.[2]

Airnorth operates daily scheduled services to and from Darwin and Cairns and once weekly services to Groote Eylandt. Scheduled services are also operated by Mission Aviation Fellowship to local communities within the East Arnhem region.

The airport is a regional hub for air charter operations with various charter companies based and/or operating out of Gove. These include Air Arnhem, Marthakal Yolngu Airline, Katherine Aviation, Air Frontier, Black Diamond Aviation and Mission Aviation Fellowship.

  1. ^ Fiscal year 1 July – 30 June
  2. ^ a b c YPGV – Gove (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 27 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference BITRE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Gove Airport (GOV / YPGV)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Airport Guide: Gove (Nhulunbuy) Airport". Qantas. Retrieved 3 August 2011.