Olympic Dam Airport

Olympic Dam Airport
IATA: OLP – ICAO: YOLD OLP Location of airport in South Australia
Summary
Airport type		Private
Serves		Olympic Dam Mine
Location		Olympic Dam, South Australia
Elevation AMSL		343 ft / 105 m
Coordinates		30°29′06″S 136°52′36″E / 30.485°S 136.87667°E / -30.485; 136.87667
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
06/24	5,220	1,591	Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Olympic Dam Airport (IATA: OLP, ICAO: YOLD) is an airport in Olympic Dam, South Australia. It is planned that the airport be relocated due to the expansion of the Olympic Dam mine. The appropriate location and timing are to be determined. ^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Alliance Airlines	Adelaide [4]

Statistics

Olympic Dam Airport was ranked 52nd in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2009-2010.^[5]

Annual passenger and aircraft statistics for Olympic Dam^[5]

Year	Revenue passengers	Aircraft movements
2001-02	19,289	1,304
2002-03	24,973	1,411
2003-04	25,715	1,727
2004-05	27,262	1,723
2005-06	37,112	1,924
2006-07	57,639	2,593
2007-08	74,099	2,278
2008-09	76,118	2,254
2009-10	60,168	1,809

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Australia

References

1. ^ Airport information for YOLD at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
2. ^ Airport information for OLP at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
3. ^ "Olympic Dam Expansion: Infrastructure". BHP Billiton. Archived from the original on 24 December 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071224003928/http://odx.bhpbilliton.com/expansion/infrastructure.asp. 
4. ^ "IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PASSENGERS - ADELAIDE OLYMPIC DAM ROUTE". Press Release. Alliance Airlines. 21 November 2007. http://extranet.allianceairlines.com.au/alliance/news/en/11/106/article.aspx. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Airport Traffic Data 1985-86 to 2009-10". Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). June 2010. http://www.bitre.gov.au/info.aspx?ResourceId=191&NodeId=96. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 

External links

• Official website
• Airport data