Shark Bay Airport
Monkey Mia Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Shire of Shark Bay | ||||||||||
| Operator | RAC Tourism Assets Pty Ltd | ||||||||||
| Serves | Denham | ||||||||||
| Location | Denham, Western Australia, Shark Bay | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1994 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 111 ft / 34 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°53′36′′S 113°34′36′′E / 25.89333°S 113.57667°E / -25.89333; 113.57667 | ||||||||||
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Monkey Mia Airport (IATA: MJK, ICAO: YSHK) is an airport located on the Peron Peninsula within the Shark Bay World Heritage Site in the Gascoyne region serving Monkey Mia, a resort in Western Australia, and the nearby town of Denham.
History
[edit ]In the late 1980s, the construction of a new airport was proposed, however, it was on Aboriginal land. Site surveys were conducted, which was assessed for the Airport Syndicate.[2] Monkey Mia Airport was then built in 1994 to replace the old Denham Airport, which the State Government funded 67,600ドル for. On October 2004, the State Government additionally funded 18,200ドル for the project, which when complete could allow aircraft to use the airstrip 24/7. This was apart of the broader 2003-04 Regional Airports Development Scheme funding round, which were to allocate 2ドル million towards 37 airport projects.[3] On 20 December, 2011, Monkey Mia Airport was assigned as a category 6 security controlled airport under regulation 3.0 IB of the Aviation Transport Security Regulations 2005. [4]
Airlines and destinations
[edit ]| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Rex Airlines | Carnarvon, Perth |
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ YSHK – Shark Bay (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia , effective 20 March 2025
- ^ Bowdler, S. (1992). An Aboriginal sites survey in the area of the proposed new airport, Denham, Shark Bay (Report). Perth.
- ^ "State Government boosts funds to Shark Bay Airport". Government of Western Australia. Gallop Labor Government. 1 October 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ Mark Stephen Sheen (December 2011). Notice Assigning Airport Categorisation – Shark Bay/Monkey Mia Airport (Report). Department of Infrastructure and Transport. Cat No. S34411. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
