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Gove Airport

Nhulunbuy, Australia

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Elevation

192 ft

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The Essence of Gove Airport

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Location

Nhulunbuy · NT · Australia

Connectivity

4 routes · 3 destinations

Position

-12.269°, 136.818° · 192 ft elev.

Visa & Entry

Electronic Travel Authority (601), eVisitor (651)Official

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Remote gateway to Arnhem Land in Australia's Northern Territory.

Location

Nhulunbuy, Australia

Gove Airport, officially known as Nhulunbuy Airport, serves the remote mining town of Nhulunbuy on the Gove Peninsula in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is the primary air link for the region, connecting this isolated community to Darwin and other Australian cities. The airport is situated near the Gove alumina refinery and serves both commercial passengers and charter operations supporting the local mining and resource industries. It also plays an important role in providing access to the surrounding Arnhem Land Aboriginal communities, where road access is severely limited or seasonal. Given its remote location, Gove Airport is a critical piece of infrastructure for Nhulunbuy residents, medical evacuation services, and tourism related to the East Arnhem Land region.

Terminals

The airport has a single small terminal building suited to the scale of a remote regional facility.

Getting to & from

Taxis and private vehicles are the primary means of ground transport between the airport and Nhulunbuy township.

Airlines here

Airnorth and Qantas (via QantasLink) operate scheduled services connecting Nhulunbuy to Darwin and Cairns.

Notable facts

›Located on the Gove Peninsula in East Arnhem Land, one of Australia's most remote regions.
›Serves as a critical lifeline for medical evacuations from surrounding Aboriginal communities.
›The nearby Gove alumina refinery generates significant charter and freight air traffic.
›Arnhem Land surrounding the airport is Aboriginal land requiring a permit to visit.
›The airport runway is capable of handling jet aircraft serving regional routes.

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Route map (3 destinations)

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Airlines serving this airport

Qantas

Airnorth

Trans Mediterranean Airlines

Routes

GOV → CNSQF · 717

GOV → DRWQF · 717

GOV → DRWTL · EM2

GOV → GTETL · EM2

Aircraft operating here

Boeing 7172 routes Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia2 routes

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