AirportsHamilton Island Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Hamilton Island, in Queensland, Australia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HTI.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HTI
- ICAO code
- YBHM
- City
- Hamilton Island
- State or region
- Queensland
- Country
- Australia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 20.3581° S, 148.9520° E
- Elevation
- 5 m (15 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,704 m (5,591 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HTI means Hamilton Island Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: YBHM. ICAO codes that begin with Y belong to Australia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 20.3581° S, 148.9520° E. It stands 5 metres (15 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Mackay, about 91 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Australia/Brisbane, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Hamilton Island Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,704 metres (5,591 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 156 airports of Australia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 72.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 1,704 m 5,591 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Hayman Island Resort Seaplane BaseHayman Island | HIS | 34 km |
| Proserpine Whitsunday Coast AirportProserpine | PPP | 44 km |
| Mackay AirportMackay | MKY | 93 km |
| Moranbah AirportMoranbah | MOV | 210 km |
| Townsville Airport / RAAF Base TownsvilleTownsville | TSV | 260 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 9,433 km | 11 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,374 km | 11 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,299 km | 14 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 15,656 km | 19 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 15,402 km | 19 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,487 km | 14 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 5,457 km | 7 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,291 km | 8 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 1,527 km | 2 h 20 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
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