Whether you have a layover, overnight sleepover or you are just quickly passing through, our Broome Airport Guide is a great place to start planning your visit. Here, you’ll find information on services and facilities available inside the airport – including details about airport lounges, WiFi, mobile charging points, lockers, 24-hour food options, nearby hotels, and everything in between.
Broome airport seems to have been designed by someone who only every visited there in the dry season. – python
BME Airport Overview
To help you plan your layover or overnight sleepover, here is a quick run-down about what to expect during your time at Broome Airport.
What to Expect
Broome Airport (code: BME) has a small terminal that serves a few domestic destinations. Facilities are limited to a bar, a gift shop, free WiFi, and showers. For added comfort, economy class passengers can pay to enter an airport lounge. See Airport Lounges in the guide below for its location and access information.
Sleeping in Broome Airport
The airport closes nightly, after the day’s last flight, so it is not possible to stay overnight. If you are a daytime airport sleeper, unfortunately, we do not yet have any sleep-related airport reviews. For uninterrupted sleep, hotels are nearby. See our Airport Hotels section below for more info or read some traveller airport reviews for more tips.
To help us keep this guide up-to-date, you can add or update information or write a review to submit airport tips and photos. You can also visit the airport’s web site for current information. For more airport information continue scrolling down to explore more in our Broome Airport Guide.
In this guide we may refer to locations as “landside” and “airside”. Landside is the public area of the terminal located in the non-secure zone, before security. Airside is the secure area of the terminal that you must reach by going through security. For more information on Europe’s Schengen Area, click here.
Airport Lounges
Pay-per-use, Single Visit Passes & Lounge Memberships
Regardless of what class of service you are flying, there is a lounge that you can enter through a lounge membership program (ie. Qantas Club). Visit the individual lounge page for more details about the lounge itself and to also find out how you can gain lounge access with just an economy class ticket!
- Qantas Club – Location: Airside, near Gate 1. Lounge Access: Lounge membership programs.
Related Pages: Broome Airport Lounges
Airport Hotels
If sleeping in the airport sounds like a nightmare, there are hotels near Broome Airport:
- Broome Time Resort – No airport shuttle. » Check Rates
- Kimberley Travellers Lodge – No airport shuttle. » Check Rates
- Roebuck Bay Hotel – No airport shuttle. » Check Rates
For more options, visit Tripadvisor to see a list of hotels near Broome Airport that can be sorted by price, distance, traveller rating and popularity.
Airport WiFi/Internet
At the time of this update, WiFi is temporarily unavailable.
More Services, Facilities & Things To Do On A Layover At The Airport
ATMs / Cash Machines – Need cash? ATMs are available. Fees may apply, so be sure to check your bank’s fee schedule and your daily withdrawal limit if you are travelling internationally. You may also want to notify your bank of your travel plans. Locations: Departures, landside, Check-In area • Departures, airside, in Pandanas Gift Shop.
Baby Care Facilities – Change tables can be found in the unisex toilet located outside the Arrivals Terminal and in the Departures and Arrivals Terminals.
Baggage Trolleys – Need a hand with your luggage? Baggage trolleys are available free of charge.
Food & Drinks – Nakamura’s Bar & Cafe is open according to the day’s flight schedules. Location: Between the Departures and Arrivals terminals. A newly opened coffee cart is available in the check in area every morning.
Luggage Storage & Lockers – Self-service luggage lockers are available at the following rates (card payment only): AU $12 for up to 6 hours • AU $19 – for 1 day. Rates depend on size of locker (medium or large). Storage for oversized or odd-shaped items not available. Location: In the 2-hour car park at the end of the Administration Building.
Mobile Charging – At the time of this update, we did not have any information about mobile charging availability. If you know, click here to update this airport guide.
Rest Zones – There are no dedicated sleeping areas, quiet areas or rest zones. If this information has changed, click here to update this guide.
Shopping – Pandanas Gift Shop & Gallery offers Broome pearls, souvenirs, local artwork, and more.
Showers – Location: Airside, Departure Lounge washrooms.
SIM Cards – A reader has asked us to include where to buy SIM Cards. If you know, click here to update this airport guide.
Smoking – Smoking is not permitted inside the terminal. You must smoke outside the terminals in designated areas and away from terminal doors.
Airport Hours
The airport is open 1 hour before the first flight of the day, and closes after last flight departure. Overnight stays are not permitted under any circumstance.
Airlines
Broome airport is served by the following airlines: Air North • Qantas • Skippers • Virgin Australia.
Airport Transportation: Getting To/From The Airport
Car Rentals
The following car rental agencies offer service onsite: Avis • Budget • Europcar • Hertz • Thrifty.
Hotel Shuttles
See also Airport Hotels above.
Taxi
Taxis are available during airport hours of operation.
Last updated: 2023-03-21
This guide is for informational purposes only to assist with your planning. All information, including rates and hours, are subject to change at any time without notice. The information in this airport guide is based on information collected and/or received from the airports, lounges, hotels, transportation providers and their web sites. We are not representatives of any of the above mentioned service providers. To report errors or to add/update any items mentioned in the guide: update the airport guide or write a review.
