Karratha Airport (IATA: KTA, ICAO: YPKA) is an airport in Karratha, Western Australia. The airport is 14 km (8.7 mi) from Karratha and 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south of Dampier. The airport was opened in December 1983, and upgraded in 1998. Karratha Airport is the second busiest airport in Western Australia with Perth Airport being the busiest. In the year ending 30 June 2009 the airport handled 486,582 passengers nearly 100,000 increase over 2008 and was ranked 18th busiest in Australia. For the year ending June 2010 it had increased to 587,211 passengers and by 2011 it had reached 675,207 passengers, of which the vast majority are fly-in fly-out and is now the 17th busiest. Port Hedland International Airport is 240 km (150 mi) northeast of this airport.
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