Car hire Paraburdoo Airport

Paraburdoo Airport lies six miles northeast of Paraburdoo and 44 miles from the larger iron ore mining town of Tom Price with car rental in Paraburdoo Airport. Qantas offers 37 weekly non-stop flights between this isolated Pilbara area and Perth, while Carnarvon and Geraldton can both be reached by three weekly Skywest Airlines charter flights.

Paraburdoo Airport facilities

More than 145,000 visitors passed through the terminal in 2010, with the airport ranking as the 36th busiest in Australia. The check-in and ticket counters both open an hour before each departing flight. The airport features public telephones, baggage trolleys, toilets and opportunities to compare car hire among its vehicle rental facilities.

Paraburdoo Airport excursions

Paraburdoo was first established as a mining town in 1972. The colorful Hamersley Range, one of Earth's oldest weathered surfaces, surrounds Paraburdoo's rural desert landscape. Tom Price, known as Western Australia's ‘top town' because it stands at a higher altitude than any other community in the state, is filled with sporting facilities and talented artists. Bush grows around the popular Kings Lake recreation area.

Best time to visit

Paraburdoo, like other parts of the Pilbara, has a tropical and arid climate. Its wettest months between November and May are filled with torrential rainfall and even occasional tropical cyclones. However, these cyclones are rarely deadly due to the region's sparse population. The usual hot temperatures decrease to more comfortable levels between June and October.

Car rental in Paraburdoo Airport

Four-wheel drives are mandatory for touring Western Australia's highest mountain, Mount Nameless, and Mount Sheila Lookout. The main sealed routes between Paraburdoo and Tom Price are Nanutarra/Wittenoom Road and the North West Coastal Highway. Tom Price's other sealed roads are Karajini Drive and the Great Northern Highway.