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Learmonth Airport
Airport in Western Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Learmonth Airport (IATA: LEA, ICAO: YPLM) is an airport, co-located on the site of RAAF Base Learmonth, a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base. The airport is located near the town of Exmouth on the north-west coast of Western Australia.
Established in the 1940s as an airfield, the current airport is operated by the Shire of Exmouth under a lease from the Department of Defence and occupies an area of 23.9 hectares (59 acres) on the RAAF Base Learmonth site. The terminal opened on 3 December 1999.[3][4]
On 7 October 2008, Qantas Flight 72 made an emergency landing at RAAF Learmonth. On 1 June 2012, an AirAsia X flight to Perth made an emergency landing at Learmonth Airport for refuelling.[5] Learmonth is designated an emergency alternative airport in the case of fog or bad weather affecting Perth Airport.[6]
In October 2023, CPB Contractors was awarded a contract to upgrade the airport.[7][8]
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Learmonth Airport was ranked 49th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in 2012/13.[2]
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