# Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK)

> Ballina, AU · IATA: BNK · ICAO: YBNA · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `BNK` |
| ICAO | `YBNA` |
| City | Ballina |
| Country | AU |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 2 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | -28.83324, 153.56147 |

## Description

Jetstar, Virgin Australia, Rex and FlyPelican are the carriers that fill Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK/YBNA), which handled about 650,000 passengers in the year to March 2023 and ranked as Australia's sixteenth busiest airport. It owes that traffic to Byron Bay, the tourism magnet some 30 kilometres north, and links Ballina with Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Newcastle. The operation is firmly passenger-focused: there is no dedicated freight terminal, and air cargo is limited to belly-hold consignments on scheduled flights. The Northern Rivers' farm output — macadamias, avocados, beef — leaves the region by truck along the dual-carriageway Pacific Highway. For schedulable air freight, Gold Coast Airport (OOL, about 95 kilometres) and above all Brisbane (BNE, roughly 180 kilometres) are the nearest airports with cargo terminals, customs clearance and intercontinental connections. Time-critical shipments from the Byron Bay area are therefore normally trucked to Brisbane on a road feeder service.

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