Mount Isa Airport
Mount Isa Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Mount Isa Airport Pty Ltd | ||||||||||
| Operator | Queensland Airports | ||||||||||
| Serves | Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,121 ft / 342 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°39′50″S 139°29′19″E / 20.66389°S 139.48861°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.mountisaairport.com.au | ||||||||||
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Mount Isa Airport (IATA: ISA, ICAO: YBMA) 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.
Since 2005 the airport has been owned by Queensland Airports, which also owns Townsville Airport, Longreach Airport and Gold Coast Airport.
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.