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Groote Eylandt Airport

Groote Eylandt, Australia

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ICAO

YGTE

Elevation

53 ft

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Location

Groote Eylandt · NT · Australia

Connectivity

4 routes · 3 destinations

Position

-13.972°, 136.459° · 53 ft elev.

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

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Gateway to the Northern Territory's remote island mining hub.

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Groote Eylandt, Australia

Groote Eylandt Airport (IATA: GTE, ICAO: YGTE) serves Groote Eylandt, a large island in the Gulf of Carpentaria in the Northern Territory of Australia. The airport primarily supports the region's significant manganese mining operations run by South32's GEMCO mine, one of the world's largest manganese producers, as well as the local Anindilyakwa community. The airport handles both scheduled passenger services connecting the island to Darwin and other regional centres, and substantial charter and freight traffic related to the mining industry. It is a critical piece of infrastructure for an island that has no road connection to the Australian mainland. Groote Eylandt Airport is managed and operated to support both commercial aviation and the logistical demands of a major resource extraction operation, making it one of the busier regional airports in the Northern Territory by overall movements.

Terminals

The airport has a modest regional terminal building suited to the relatively small passenger volumes of a remote island community and mining workforce.

Getting to & from

Ground transport on the island is limited, with taxi and private vehicle transfers being the primary means of reaching the nearby township of Alyangula.

Airlines here

Airnorth operates scheduled services connecting Groote Eylandt to Darwin and other Northern Territory destinations.

Notable facts

›Groote Eylandt is the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria and has no fixed road link to mainland Australia.
›The airport serves South32's GEMCO manganese mine, one of the world's largest manganese operations.
›Mining-related charter flights make up a significant proportion of total aircraft movements.
›The surrounding area is home to the Anindilyakwa people, the traditional custodians of Groote Eylandt.
›The airport runway is capable of handling turboprop and regional jet aircraft types.

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Airlines serving this airport

Aero-Service

Bluebird Cargo

Airnorth

Trans Mediterranean Airlines

Routes

GTE → CNSBF · BE1

GTE → DRWBF · BE1

GTE → DRWTL · EM2

GTE → GOVTL · EM2

Aircraft operating here

BE12 routes Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia2 routes

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Groote Eylandt Airport is an airport serving Groote Eylandt, an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria in Northern Territory, Australia. The airport is operated by the Groote Eylandt Mining Co. and is located north of the community of Angurugu.

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