ISA — Mount Isa Airport

Medium-sized airport in Mount Isa, Australia.
IATA code
ISA
ICAO code
YBMA
Size
medium
OurAirports class
Passengers
232,297
Year to June 2024 · +0.7% on the year before
Nonstop routes
1
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC+10
Australia/Brisbane
Elevation
342 m
1,122 ft
Runways
1
Longest 2,560 m

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About ISA

Mount Isa Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Mount Isa, Australia. 232,297 passengers used it in the year to June 2024. Open traffic data shows 1 nonstop route from ISA.

BITRE (CC BY). Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from ISA

Route Distance Passengers / year
ISA → BNE1,572 km 151,461

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports, BITRE (domestic May 2025 – Apr 2026, international Jul 2025 – Jun 2026) for routes in and out of Australia. Routes outside these are not counted.

Nearest airports

Code Airport Distance
CNJCloncurry Airport106 km
JCKJulia Creek Airport232 km
BQLBoulia Airport253 km
DMDDoomadgee Airport311 km
BUCBurketown Airport324 km

Distance from ISA to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
ISA → LHR15,147 km —
ISA → DXB10,412 km —
ISA → CDG15,080 km —
ISA → FRA14,634 km —
ISA → IST13,210 km —
ISA → AMS14,785 km —
ISA → JFK16,175 km —
ISA → ATL15,481 km —
ISA → LAX12,351 km —
ISA → SIN4,570 km —
ISA → HND6,222 km —
ISA → DOH10,769 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
16/342,560 m 45 mAsphalt

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia · -20.6664, 139.4885

Map (OpenStreetMap) Wikipedia

Questions

Mount Isa Airport has the IATA code ISA and the ICAO code YBMA. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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