The Broken Hill Airport is a civic airport and is known by the IATA code- BHQ. The ICAO code for the Broken Hill Airport Australia isYBHI. The Broken Hill Airport has 4 runways in all. Two runways at the Broken Hill Airport in Australia are paved with asphalt and are equipped with IFR (published instrument approach procedure) to facilitate the landing of aircrafts in bad weather or during night. Two of the runways are unpaved.
The take off and landing distance for the unpaved runways at the Broken Hill Airport are 1000 meters and that for the paved runways are 2515 meters. The longest runway at the Broken Hill Airport is 8200 ft long.
The Broken Hill Airport Australia has aviation fuel facilities from Monday to Friday every week. Jet A1, without icing inhibitor and 100/130 MIL Spec, low lead, aviation gasoline (BLUE) are available at the airport.
The Broken Hill Airport is located 4 km from the city proper and is well connected by public transport. The Broken Hill Airport is however threatened by bird and animal hazards.
The Broken Hill Airport is connected to major cities in Australia like Sydney, Dubbo, Gove and Parkes. Airlines that operate to and from Broken Hill are:
- Quantas
- British Airways
- Cathay Pacific
- Air New Zealand International
- Freedom Air
- Virgin Blue
The Broken Hill Airport Australia has the following facilities:
- Toilets
- Restaurant
- Refreshment counter
- Luggage counter
- Conveyor belt
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- Trolleys
- Metal detectors
- Medical assistance desk
- Parking lot
- Help desk
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Broken Hill is located at the far end of New South Wales and the airport at Broken Hill is managed by the Council of the City of Broken Hill.
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