Passenger movements
49,662
in 2025
Groote Eylandt Airport
GTE · yearly totals, 1985–2025
Busiest year
2023
50,020 movements
Aircraft movements
1,371
landings and take-offs
vs 2019
187.7%
of the pre-pandemic year
Airport traffic: 2025
A passenger movement is not the same as a passenger. Every domestic passenger is counted twice — once departing, once arriving — while an international passenger is counted once. That is the official definition, and it is why these totals cannot be added to the route figures elsewhere on this site.
Passenger movements, 1985 to 2025
Calendar years to 2025
Aircraft movements
Calendar years to 2025
Groote Eylandt in numbers
| Busiest year on record | 50,020 · 2023 |
| Years of data | 1985 – 2025 |
| 2019 total | 26,460 |
Monthly figures, route detail and punctuality are published for Australia's twenty busiest airports — you can find those on the airports index.