Quilpie Airport
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Quilpie Airport is an airport
serving Quilpie, Queensland
, Australia
. It is located 1 NM northwest of Quilpie and operated by the Quilpie Shire Council
. The airport received $242,666 for security upgrades from the Australian Government in 2006.
of 655 feet (200 m) above mean sea level. It has two runway
s: 09/27 with a composite surface measuring 1493 by 30 m (4,898.3 by 98.4 ) and 18/36 with a clay surface measuring 1070 by 30 m (3,510.5 by 98.4 ).
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
serving Quilpie, Queensland
Quilpie, Queensland
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, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It is located 1 NM northwest of Quilpie and operated by the Quilpie Shire Council
Quilpie Shire Council
The Shire of Quilpie is a Local Government Area in far south west Queensland, Australia. It covers an area of , and its administrative centre is the town of Quilpie....
. The airport received $242,666 for security upgrades from the Australian Government in 2006.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 655 feet (200 m) above mean sea level. It has two runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
s: 09/27 with a composite surface measuring 1493 by 30 m (4,898.3 by 98.4 ) and 18/36 with a clay surface measuring 1070 by 30 m (3,510.5 by 98.4 ).
Airlines and destinations
- Skytrans AirlinesSkytrans AirlinesSkytrans is an Australian airline and air charter business with bases in Cairns, Townsville, Darwin, Brisbane and Perth. The airline flies regularly from Cairns to Cooktown, Lockhart River, Coen, Aurukun, and from Townsville to Palm Island.-History:...
(Bedourie, Birdsville, Boulia, Brisbane, Charleville, Mount Isa, Toowoomba, Windorah)