Normanton Airport guide

Normanton Airport sits on Airport Road beside the town of Normanton, in the Gulf Country of north-western Queensland. It is owned and run by the Shire of Carpentaria. The site began as a civil landing ground south of the town, listed in 1941 and adequate for light RAAF communications flights. Work on proper runways was planned and started in 1944 during the Second World War. A new terminal building opened in February 2006.

The airport has one asphalt runway, 14/32, which is 1,676 metres long, at an elevation of about 22 metres. Rex Airlines flies the main scheduled routes, linking Normanton with Cairns, Mount Isa, Burketown, Doomadgee and Mornington Island. West Wing Aviation adds services to Mount Isa, Doomadgee, Karumba and Century Mine.

Normanton lies about 678 kilometres west of Cairns and about 498 kilometres north-north-east of Mount Isa. Most roads in the area are usually closed by heavy rain in the wet season. Karumba, about 71 kilometres by road from Normanton, has its own airport with no regular commercial services, which makes Normanton the nearest airport with scheduled flights for the Karumba area.