Monkey Mia Airport (IATA: MJK, ICAO: YSHK), also known as Shark Bay Airport,[2] is an airport located on the Peron Peninsula within the Shark Bay World Heritage Site in the Gascoyne region serving Monkey Mia, a resort in Western Australia, and the nearby town of Denham.
In the late 1980s, the construction of a new airport was proposed, however, it was on Aboriginal land. Site surveys were conducted, which was assessed for the Airport Syndicate.[3]
Monkey Mia Airport was then built in 1994 to replace the old Denham Airport, which the State Government funded $67,600 for. In October 2004, the State Government additionally funded $18,200 for the project, which when complete could allow aircraft to use the airstrip 24/7. This was a part of the broader 2003-04 Regional Airports Development Scheme funding round, which were to allocate $2 million towards 37 airport projects.[4] On 20 December 2011, Monkey Mia Airport was assigned as a category 6 security controlled airport under regulation 3.0 IB of the Aviation Transport Security Regulations 2005.[5]
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