Ballina Byron Gateway Airport
Ballina Byron Gateway Airport
Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (IATA: BNK, ICAO: YBNA) is a regional airport located at Ballina, New South Wales, Australia. It is owned and operated by Ballina Shire Council. It opened in October 1986. The airport serves Ballina, Lismore, Byron Bay, and the Northern Rivers region. Ballina Byron Airport handled 650,323 passengers between March 2022 and March 2023 making it the 16th busiest airport in Australia. It is 5 km (3 mi) from the Ballina CBD, in Southern Cross Drive. An occasional bus service operates to and from the airport, except on Christmas Day. In 2005, Ballina Airport was renamed Ballina Byron Gateway Airport in a bid to attract more people to the area. In 2022, a new access road was constructed along with upgrades to the car parking and pedestrian access. Further upgrades are proposed in the short-medium term to support the increasing passenger volumes including expanding the check-in area, expanding the departure hall and providing additional retail facilities, expanding the baggage collection capacity and additional taxiways, private aircraft terminal, air control tower and additional jet parking bays.
Location
28.833°S, 153.561°E · 2 m s. n. m. (7 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 2
Flight information
Common traffic (CTAF)
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
Airlines operating here · 3
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BNK
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Chicago
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BibTeX
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author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BNK},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BNK}},
urldate = {2026-10-16},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}Wikipedia
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