Highest Airports in Australia

Airports in Australia ranked by elevation above sea level.

📅 2026📏 metres50 entries🇦🇺 See all of this country’s rankings →

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (metres); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

Snowy Range Airfield5,200 ft above sea level

1,585 m

Mount Hotham AirportMount Hotham · 4,260 ft above sea level

1,298 m

Bald Hills AirportHernani · 4,042 ft above sea level

1,232 m

Woodville Airport3,707 ft above sea level

1,130 m

Armidale AirportArmidale · 3,556 ft above sea level

1,084 m

Heathcote Emergency Airport3,537 ft above sea level

1,078 m

Glen Innes AirportGlen Innes · 3,433 ft above sea level

1,046 m

Walcha Farm AirstripWalcha · 3,432 ft above sea level

1,046 m

Wilson's Creek Farm AirstripUralla · 3,425 ft above sea level

1,044 m

Jindabyne AirportJindabyne · 3,400 ft above sea level

1,036 m

Kelvin Station Airport3,383 ft above sea level

1,031 m

Adaminaby AirportAdaminaby · 3,346 ft above sea level

1,020 m

Orange AirportOrange · 3,115 ft above sea level

949 m

Cooma Snowy Mountains AirportCooma · 3,088 ft above sea level

941 m

Taralga Grathawa Airport3,031 ft above sea level

924 m

Blackbraes Station AirstripLyndhurst · 2,996 ft above sea level

913 m

Stanthorpe Airport2,938 ft above sea level

896 m

Bondo AirstripTumorrama · 2,703 ft above sea level

824 m

Cooma/Polo Flat Airport2,701 ft above sea level

823 m

Inverell AirportInverell · 2,667 ft above sea level

813 m

Mount Sturgeon AirstripPorcupine · 2,638 ft above sea level

804 m

Tenterfield AirportTenterfield · 2,617 ft above sea level

798 m

Delegate Airport2,546 ft above sea level

776 m

Bunyan Airfield2,540 ft above sea level

774 m

Wyberba AirstripWyberba · 2,500 ft above sea level

762 m

Maiden Springs AirstripPorcupine · 2,470 ft above sea level

753 m

Undara AirportUndara · 2,451 ft above sea level

747 m

Atherton AirportAtherton · 2,450 ft above sea level

747 m

Binda2,450 ft above sea level

747 m

Pinnarendi Airstrip2,450 ft above sea level

747 m

Bathurst AirportBathurst · 2,435 ft above sea level

742 m

Bombala Airport2,415 ft above sea level

736 m

Coombing Park AirportCarcoar · 2,408 ft above sea level

734 m

West Angelas Airport2,340 ft above sea level

713 m

Mont Albion Station AirstripIrvinebank · 2,329 ft above sea level

710 m

Karijini National Park2,325 ft above sea level

709 m

Mount Moffatt AirstripCarnarvon National Park · 2,323 ft above sea level

708 m

Coondewanna AirportCoondewanna · 2,300 ft above sea level

701 m

Marulan (Tangryang) AirstripMarulan · 2,300 ft above sea level

701 m

Tom Price AirportTom Price · 2,300 ft above sea level

701 m

Haasts Bluff Airport2,269 ft above sea level

692 m

Currandooley AirportCurrandooley · 2,251 ft above sea level

686 m

Goshen Station AirportKirrama · 2,248 ft above sea level

685 m

Cherrabah AirportCherrabah Homestead Resort · 2,228 ft above sea level

679 m

Braidwood AirportBraidwood · 2,221 ft above sea level

677 m

Wingellina AirportWingellina · 2,218 ft above sea level

676 m

Yuendumu Airport2,205 ft above sea level

672 m

Benambra Airport2,200 ft above sea level

671 m

Aileron AirstripAnmatjere · 2,186 ft above sea level

666 m

Bowral Private AirfieldBowral · 2,182 ft above sea level

665 m

Highlights

Within Australia, Snowy Range Airfield ranks first in 2026 with 1,585 m, followed by Mount Hotham Airport (1,298 m) and Bald Hills Airport (1,232 m).

Across 50 entries, values run from 1,585 m (Snowy Range Airfield) to 665 m (Bowral Private Airfield), with a median of 757 m.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets · Public domain (OurAirports) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — Airport and runway records are community maintained and released to the public domain; no guarantee of accuracy is made. Only active small, medium, and large airports are included.

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Highlights

Within Australia, Snowy Range Airfield ranks first in 2026 with 1,585 m, followed by Mount Hotham Airport (1,298 m) and Bald Hills Airport (1,232 m).

Across 50 entries, values run from 1,585 m (Snowy Range Airfield) to 665 m (Bowral Private Airfield), with a median of 757 m.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.