Horn Island Airport
Horn Island Airport is a minor international airport on Horn Island in the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. Domestic fixed wing charter flights and scheduled flights are carried out by SkyTrans, Hinterland Aviation, Cape Air Transport, Horizon Airways, and Torres Strait Air.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Australia
- Also known as: “HID”, “Horn I Airport”, “TIS”, and “YHID”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Horn Island.
Horn Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Horn Island, or Ngurupai/Narupai in the local language, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago located in the Torres Strait, in Queensland in Northern Australia between the Australian mainland and Papua New Guinea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thursday Island.
Thursday Island
Photo: Feral Arts, CC BY 3.0.
Thursday Island is the administrative and main population centre of the Torres Strait Islands. It has developed visitor facilities, with supermarkets, a few accommodation options, a restaurant or two, souvenirs, and decent espresso.
Horn Island Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Shire of Torres, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-10.58645° or 10° 35′ 11″ southLongitude
142.28663° or 142° 17′ 12″ eastElevation
8 metres (26 feet)IATA airport code
HIDICAO airport code
YHIDOpen location code
5RX4C77P+CMOpenStreetMap ID
way 783124570OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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Satellite Map
Discover Horn Island Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tajik—“Horn Island Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Horn Island Airport”
- Chinese: “霍恩岛机场”
- Chinese: “霍恩島機場”
- French: “aéroport de Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia”
- French: “aéroport de Thursday Island”
- French: “TIS”
- French: “YHID”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Pulau Horn”
- Indonesian: “HID”
- Indonesian: “YHID”
- Japanese: “ホーン島空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Horn I”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Horn Island”
- Persian: “فرودگاه هرن آیلند”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Horn Island”
- Russian: “Хорн-Айленд (аэропорт)”
- Russian: “Хорн-Айленд”
- Swedish: “Horn Island Airport”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи ҳрн оилнд”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Ҷазираи Ҳорн”
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Highlights include Horned Hill and Lion’s Lookout.
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