# Mount Isa Airport (ISA)

> Mount Isa, AU · IATA: ISA · ICAO: YBMA · Medium Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `ISA` |
| ICAO | `YBMA` |
| City | Mount Isa |
| Country | AU |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 342 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | -20.66638, 139.48847 |

## Description

Queensland Airports Limited runs ISA as the air gateway to one of the planet's richest mineral provinces, eight kilometres north of the mining city of Mount Isa in north-west Queensland. Roughly 82 percent of its traffic is business and fly-in fly-out travel tied to the copper, lead, zinc and silver operations. Alliance Airlines operates Fokker charters to Brisbane and to remote mine sites, while regular scheduled services carry belly-hold freight. Time-critical shipments – urgent machinery parts and high-value goods – move on express charters arranged through operators such as CargoMaster. Bulk mineral exports, by contrast, travel by rail on the Mount Isa Line to the Port of Townsville rather than by air. For freight forwarders, ISA handles the fast, high-value end of mining logistics, leaving tonnage to the railway.

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