Yam Island Airport guide

Yam Island Airport (ICAO YYMI) serves Yam Island, also called Iama, a small island of about 2 square kilometres in the Tancred Passage of the Torres Strait. The island belongs to the Bourke Isles group and lies roughly 100 km north-east of Thursday Island. The 2021 census counted 275 residents. The airstrip sits in the north of the island and dates to 1974. Europeans first sighted the island in 1606, and residents speak Kulkalgau Ya, a dialect of Kalaw Lagaw Ya. The town lies on the north-west coast, and Tagai State College runs a primary campus there.

The airport has one paved runway, 11/29, measuring 795 m. It sits 5 m above sea level. The Torres Strait Island Regional Council operates it and lists it among the facilities on Yam Island.

Hinterland Aviation and Skytrans Airlines fly to nearby islands including Coconut Island, Horn Island, Warraber Island and Yorke Island. Horn Island is the regional hub for onward connections to Cairns. Passenger and movement statistics are not published.