# Garden Point Airport (GPN)

> Pirlangimpi, AU · IATA: GPN · ICAO: YGPT · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `GPN` |
| ICAO | `YGPT` |
| City | Pirlangimpi |
| Country | AU |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 27 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | -11.39969, 130.42557 |

## Description

Fly Tiwi is the operator that keeps Garden Point Airport (GPN / YGPT) connected, running light aircraft from Darwin to the Tiwi community of Pirlangimpi on the west coast of Melville Island twice daily on weekdays and once at weekends. The aircraft carry passengers, mail and accompanying general cargo within their weight and volume limits; the airport itself has no cargo terminal and no customs post. Bulk provisioning of the Tiwi Islands goes by sea: SeaSwift serves Pirlangimpi and Wurrumiyanga twice a week by barge from Darwin, arriving Monday and Thursday. In practice that splits the flow for forwarders — urgent small consignments and courier items fly, while food, building materials and machinery travel on the barge. Air freight with an overseas main leg clears at Darwin International (DRW), roughly 80 kilometres south across the water, and is distributed from there. Forestry and the port facility at Melville in the north of the island shape the rest of the regional goods flow.

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