Paraburdoo Airport PBO / YPBO

Ground handling agent for Paraburdoo Airport; named with contact number in the official AIP Australia aerodrome entry for YPBO ("Northwest Aviation Services - Ground Handling Services PH •••"). Independently confirmed via NWAS's own site (nwas.net.au): the company was founded at Paraburdoo in 1996 and Paraburdoo remains one of its nine current WA/NT stations, covering ramp operations and customer service for scheduled QantasLink/Network Aviation and Virgin Australia Regional turnarounds.

Into-plane JET A1 fuelling at Paraburdoo; per the official AIP Australia YPBO aerodrome entry, fuelling hours are 2230-1030 UTC daily (approx. 0630-1830 local WST/UTC+8), with after-hours service available on 45 minutes' prior notice subject to a call-out fee. Fuel2Sky carnet cards or Visa/Mastercard credit cards accepted. Viva Energy's presence as Paraburdoo's aviation fuel/oil supplier is independently corroborated by CAPA (Centre for Aviation)'s airport data profile. · 2230-1030 UTC daily; AH by 45min PN, call-out fee applies

Listed alongside Viva Energy as an aviation fuel/oil supplier for Paraburdoo Airport in CAPA (Centre for Aviation)'s airport data profile, likely the upstream/wholesale fuel supplier feeding Viva Energy Aviation's into-plane operation; not independently corroborated on a primary source (AIP entry not reachable).

Qantas Freight lists a regional domestic freight terminal for Paraburdoo, WA on its own freight-terminals directory site, and a third-party FBO/handling directory separately states "Qantas Freight Ground Handling operates c/o Airport Freight at Paraburdoo Airport"; the primary Qantas Freight terminal page could not be loaded directly (site blocked/timed out) either in the original research or independently re-attempted (qantasfreight.com / qantasfreight.com.au both failed to load), so this is recorded as reported rather than independently verified.

Paraburdoo is designated a Security Controlled Airport in the AIP Australia YPBO entry: an ASIC must be worn and clearly displayed airside, and enquiries regarding security-screening requirements are directed to the Aerodrome (AD) Manager by phone or fax. The specific entity that physically performs passenger/baggage screening is not named in available sources.

Avis operates a car rental desk at Paraburdoo Airport, available for crew and passenger ground transport/vehicle hire. Independently confirmed via Avis's own site (avis.com.au), which lists the location as "Air Link Terminal Building, (Remote), Paraburdoo, WA 6754" — matching the passenger terminal location claimed here — with hours roughly Mon-Fri 0730-1200 and 1400-1800, Sat 0800-1000, Sun 1500-1700, timed around scheduled flights.

Europcar operates a car rental desk in the terminal building at Paraburdoo Airport; reported opening hours Mon-Fri 07:00-17:30, Sat 08:00-10:00 and Sun 16:30-17:30, timed around scheduled flight arrivals/departures. Could not be (europcar.com.au / europcar.com both timed out on repeated attempts); retained as a genuine competing car-rental operator alongside the confirmed Avis desk at the same small-town Pilbara airport, a very common pairing at these WA mining-region airports, rather than dropped for a tooling failure. · Mon-Fri 0700-1730, Sat 0800-1000, Sun 1630-1730

Operates the scheduled shuttle-bus service connecting Paraburdoo Airport to Tom Price town centre (about 50 minutes' drive), timed to QantasLink flight arrivals/departures — confirmed directly from Go West Tours' own booking page and the Shire of Ashburton's official Paraburdoo Airport page. Bookable online or via the Tom Price office (•••, Mon-Fri 0830-1700). Corrected from the draft: no evidence found of a separate stop serving "Paraburdoo township" itself or of a specific "71km" figure — the confirmed service is the airport-to-Tom-Price transfer only.

Confirmed on NWAS's own website (nwas.net.au/flight-support): Paraburdoo is one of nine airports it serves under Flight Support — Alice Springs, Broome, Geraldton, Karratha, Kununurra, Learmonth, Newman, Paraburdoo and Port Hedland (the draft's four-airport list understated this) — described as coordinating movement control, aircraft refuelling and security-screening for arriving/departing aircraft.

Aerodrome operator of record is Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd, a Rio Tinto subsidiary — confirmed as an active ABN entity (•••) via the Australian Business Register; day-to-day airport management is contracted to AMS Australia (Aerodrome Management Services, email •••), whose own site could not be independently reached. Prior permission (PPR) is required from the AD Operator for all aircraft except emergency aircraft; the Airport Reporting Officer (ARO, PH •••) coordinates traffic and bird/blast hazards via CTAF, and AWIS weather/met information is provided on-site. Per the official AIP Australia YPBO aerodrome entry. Note: some secondary sources (e.g. Wikipedia) describe the operator as "Pilbara Iron" — also a real, active Rio Tinto entity — but Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd is the name given in the AIP's AD Operator field.