AirportsPalm Island Airport is a small airport in Queensland, Australia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is PMK.
Key facts
- IATA code
- PMK
- ICAO code
- YPAM
- City
- not listed
- State or region
- Queensland
- Country
- Australia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 18.7553° S, 146.5810° E
- Elevation
- 9 m (28 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,137 m (3,730 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, PMK means Palm Island Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: YPAM. ICAO codes that begin with Y belong to Australia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 18.7553° S, 146.5810° E. It stands 9 metres (28 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Townsville, about 62 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
Palm Island Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,137 metres (3,730 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 156 airports of Australia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 143.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 1,137 m 3,730 ft | 18 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Townsville Airport / RAAF Base TownsvilleTownsville | TSV | 59 km |
| Cairns International AirportCairns | CNS | 226 km |
| Hayman Island Resort Seaplane BaseHayman Island | HIS | 281 km |
| Proserpine Whitsunday Coast AirportProserpine | PPP | 283 km |
| Hamilton Island AirportHamilton Island | HTI | 306 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 9,127 km | 11 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,075 km | 11 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,001 km | 13 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 15,376 km | 19 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 15,478 km | 19 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,605 km | 14 h 30 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 5,161 km | 6 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,081 km | 7 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 1,750 km | 2 h 35 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.
Links
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