Portland Airport is a medium-sized airport in Victoria, Australia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is PTJ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- PTJ
- ICAO code
- YPOD
- City
- not listed
- State or region
- Victoria
- Country
- Australia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 38.3181° S, 141.4710° E
- Elevation
- 81 m (265 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 1,616 m (5,302 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, PTJ means Portland Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: YPOD. ICAO codes that begin with Y belong to Australia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 38.3181° S, 141.4710° E. It stands 81 metres (265 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Mount Gambier, about 81 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Australia/Adelaide, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Portland Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 1,616 metres (5,302 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 93.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 1,616 m 5,302 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 17/35 | 1,180 m 3,871 ft | 30 m | Gravel | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Gambier AirportMount Gambier | MGB | 88 km |
| Melbourne Avalon International AirportGeelong/Melbourne | AVV | 264 km |
| King Island Airport | KNS | 271 km |
| Melbourne AirportMelbourne | MEL | 304 km |
| Bendigo Airport | BXG | 307 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 9,997 km | 12 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,576 km | 12 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,396 km | 14 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 16,728 km | 20 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 16,999 km | 21 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 13,057 km | 16 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 5,845 km | 7 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,216 km | 10 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 997 km | 1 h 40 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
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.