Newman Airport

Newman Airport
The terminal at Newman Airport, Western Australia
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorShire of East Pilbara
LocationNewman, Western Australia
Elevation AMSL1,724 ft (525 m)
Coordinates23°25′04″S 119°48′10″E / 23.41778°S 119.80278°E / -23.41778; 119.80278
Map
YNWN is located in Western Australia
YNWN
YNWN
Location in Western Australia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 2,072 6,798 Asphalt
Statistics (2024/25[1])
Passengers430,415
Aircraft movements4,172
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[2]
Passenger and aircraft movements from the BITRE[3]

Newman Airport (IATA: ZNE, ICAO: YNWN) is an airport near Newman, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, situated 5.5 nautical miles (10.2 km; 6.3 mi) southeast[2] of the town.

The airport is owned and maintained by the Shire of East Pilbara.[4] Newman's primary air traffic is made up by a mixture of light aircraft, QantasLink and Virgin Australia flights. QantasLink and Virgin Australia fly RPT flights to Perth only (with the exception of their regular charter flights) whereas the lighter aircraft[5] fly to outer communities as well as to Port Hedland and other Pilbara towns.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Alliance Airlines Perth[6]
Aviair Port Hedland
National Jet Express Perth
Qantas Perth
QantasLink Perth
Virgin Australia Perth

Statistics

Newman Airport was ranked 23rd in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2024–2025.[1][3]

Annual passenger and aircraft statistics for Newman[3]
Year[1] Revenue passengersAircraft movements
2001-02
50,246
1,394
2002-03
60,393
1,307
2003-04
62,670
1,591
2004-05
75,384
1,632
2005-06
100,516
1,518
2006-07
114,889
1,563
2007-08
135,987
1,850
2008-09
176,559
2,616
2009-10
184,667
2,964
2010-11
221,104
3,008
2011-12
301,343
3,478
2012-13
439,813
4,660
2013-14
408,332
4,887
2014-15
349,472
4,380
2015-16
320,561
4,453
2016-17
293,983
4,174
2017-18
294,237
3,994
2018-19
323,468
4,109
2019-20
268,768
3,298
2020-21
234,839
3,117
2021-22
327,004
4,065
2022-23
365,796
3,891
2023-24
372,181
4,039
2024-25
430,415
4,172

Operations

Busiest domestic routes into and out of Newman Airport
(FY 2013[1])[7]
RankAirportPassengers carried% change
1 Western Australia, Perth Airport438,884Increase46.4

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Fiscal year 1 July – 30 June
  2. 1 2 YNWN – Newman (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 9 July 2026, Aeronautical Chart
  3. 1 2 3 "Airport Traffic Data 1985 to 2025 (financial years)". Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). 24 July 2026. Retrieved 30 July 2026. Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"
  4. ↑ Newman Airport (Shire) Archived 25 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  5. ↑ Auswest Airlines Archived 4 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  6. ↑ Liu, Jim. "Alliance Airlines opens reservation for Newman / Port Hedland service from late-Sep 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Australian Domestic Airline Activity 2012-13". Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). April 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014. Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"