# Emerald Airport (EMD)

> Emerald, AU · IATA: EMD · ICAO: YEML · Medium Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `EMD` |
| ICAO | `YEML` |
| City | Emerald |
| Country | AU |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 190 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | -23.56750, 148.17900 |

## Description

QantasLink, Virgin Australia Regional and Alliance Airlines together fly roughly 54 weekly return services to Brisbane from Emerald Airport (EMD), the air hub of Queensland's Central Highlands. The field grew with the Bowen Basin coal boom and remains tied to the mining industry's fly-in fly-out traffic. It counts for logistics too: Qantas Freight operates a handling facility here, accepting and releasing belly freight on scheduled flights. Bulk mining output and farm produce — Emerald is also a centre for cotton, citrus and vineyards near the Fairbairn Dam — move out by road and rail to the coastal ports rather than by air. For schedulable, heavier consignments, Brisbane, some 900 km to the south-east, remains the reference point. Emerald thus blends a mining passenger gateway with a real if modest cargo function.

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