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Groote Eylandt Airport
YGTE / GTEGroote Eylandt, AustraliaELEV 53 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
104 nm
To the nearest alternate
Gove Airport (GOV).
Overview
Groote Eylandt Airport (YGTE / GTE) sits in Groote Eylandt, Australia, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 53 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
GTE has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Gove Airport (GOV, 104 nm), Ngukurr Airport (RPM, 109 nm), and Elcho Island Airport (ELC, 128 nm).
Quotes for flights out of GTE vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from GTE, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
YGTE
IATA
GTE
FAA / Local
YGTE
Elevation
53 ft
Coordinates
13.9724° S · 136.4586° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Australia fields
state range 7–4,260 ft
At 53 ft, GTE sits lower than 79% of the 191 Australia fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 104nmGOVGove AirportNhulunbuy
- 109nmRPMNgukurr AirportRoper River
- 128nmELCElcho Island AirportElcho Island
- 174nmMNGManingrida AirportManingrida
- 240nmKTRTindal Airport
- 321nmKWMKowanyama AirportKowanyama
Location
Open the full mapYGTE · Groote Eylandt Airport · Groote Eylandt, Australia