About Palmer Airport

ICAO	YPME
FIR	Brisbane FIR
Region	Northern Territory
Country	Australia
Runways	11/29
Type	Small airport
Coordinates (ARP)	-12.8333, 130.933 124960S 1305559E
Variation	2.3° E (2024)
Timezone	Darwin (+9 h 30 m)
Local time	May 1, 2024 13:06

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Palmer Airport

Palmer Airport is a small airport in Northern Territory, Australia. The airport is located at latitude -12.83330 and longitude 130.93300. The airport has one runway: 11/29. The ICAO airport code of this field is YPME. Nearby other airfields are Lachlan E Purkis Memoral Airfield, Batchelor Airport, Emkaytee (Unlic) Airport, Coomalie Creek Airfield and Crab Claw Island Landing Ground.

Palmer Airport does not publish a METAR, the nearest weather station is Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin, which is 47 km away. The flight information region (FIR) is Brisbane.

Palmer Airport is in the timezone of Australia/Darwin. Difference with UTC is +9 h 30 m. Today the sun rises at 06:53 and sets at 18:32. This applies to Palmer Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +9 hour 30 minutes. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

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References

Do not use for flight planning
The airport may be closed or require prior permission. True headings and the coordinates of runway ends may be an estimation. Magnetic headings are calculated from true headings using the WMM 2020 model.

Runways

ID	True Heading	Magnetic Heading	Latitude	Longitude	Approx. length
11	110°	107°	Runway coordinates unknown
29	290°	287°	Runway coordinates unknown

Do not use for flight planning.
True headings and the coordinates of runway ends may be an estimation. Runway lengths are calculated as the distance between the coordinates of the runway ends. Magnetic headings are calculated from true headings using the WMM 2020 model.

Nearby airports

	ID	Distance	Direction
Lachlan E Purkis Memoral Airfield	AU-0424	23 km	046°
Batchelor Airport	YBCR	27 km	157°
Emkaytee (Unlic) Airport	YMKT	28 km	027°
Coomalie Creek Airfield	AU-0423	29 km	132°
LNP Termite Mounds Carpark Helicopter Landing Site	AU-0156	32 km	197°
LNP Florence Falls Campground Helicopter Landing Site	AU-0153	33 km	208°
LNP Florence Buley Rd Intersection Helicopter Landing Site	AU-0152	35 km	203°
Crab Claw Island Landing Ground	AU-0127	36 km	291°
LNP Walker Creek Ranger Station Helicopter Landing Site	AU-0158	38 km	223°

Navigational aids

No navigational aids found in the vicinity of Palmer Airport.