Getting from Port Hedland International Airport to the city

Why the coaches matter here

• The airport states that most airport users arrive by coach bus. That is the defining fact about Port Hedland.
• Buses and shuttles have a dedicated drop off and pick up staging zone, separate from cars.
• This is a fly-in fly-out airport for the iron ore operations of the Pilbara, and the terminal is laid out around company transport rather than individual travellers.

If you are arriving on your own

• Taxis and rideshare drop off in the two minute zone adjacent to the terminal forecourt. It is free and strictly two minutes.
• Accessible parking is at the terminal front, with two mobility bays in the short term area.
• Luggage trolleys are free and located around the terminal and car parks.

Parking

• Short term: free for the first 30 minutes, close to the terminal.
• Long term: from 19 dollars a day or 133 dollars a week, no booking required, a three to five minute walk down the central footpath.
• Payment is touchless with licence plate recognition, taking cash, credit card or payWave.
• Contract parking accounts are available for regular users, billed monthly.
• Operations team: 08 9160 0500.

The town

• Port Hedland is one of the largest tonnage ports in the world, shipping Pilbara iron ore.
• The airport carries a very high proportion of resource industry traffic, which shapes its schedule into early and late peaks.
• Karijini National Park is the main non-industrial reason to fly into the Pilbara, though Paraburdoo and Newman are closer to it.