Newcastle Airport (New South Wales)

Newcastle Airport

Newcastle–Williamtown
Summary
Airport typeCivil aviation
OwnerNewcastle City Council
Port Stephens Council
OperatorNewcastle Airport Pty Ltd
ServesNewcastle
LocationWilliamtown, New South Wales, Australia
Hub forFlyPelican
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
 • Summer (DST)AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Elevation AMSL31 ft / 9 m
Coordinates32°47′42″S 151°50′04″E / 32.79500°S 151.83444°E / -32.79500; 151.83444
WebsiteNewcastle Airport
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YWLM is located in the Hunter-Central Coast Region
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YWLM is located in New South Wales
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YWLM is located in Australia
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YWLM is located in Oceania
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 3,058 10,033 Asphalt
Statistics (2016–17 (1 July – 30 June)[1][2])
Passengers1,257,210
Aircraft movements14,125
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[3]

Newcastle Airport (IATA: NTL, ICAO: YWLM), also known as Williamtown Airport, is an international airport in Williamtown, New South Wales. It is located 15 kilometres; 9.2 miles (8 NM) north[3][4] of Newcastle (27 km (17 mi) by road) in Port Stephens. It is the 13th busiest airport in Australia, handling over 1.25 million passengers in the year ended 30 June 2017, an increase of 6.6% on the previous year.[1] The airport occupies a 28 ha (69-acre) site on the southern border of RAAF Base Williamtown.

  1. ^ a b "Monthly check in: June 2017" (Press release). Newcastle Airport. July 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Monthly Airport Traffic Data for top twenty airports: January 2009 to current". Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Australian Government. May 2017. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b YWLM – Williamtown (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 10 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine page 1
  4. ^ Topographic map 9232 Newcastle