Redcliffe Airport (Australia)
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Redcliffe Airport is an aerodrome
Aerodrome
An aerodrome, airdrome or airfield is a term for any location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve cargo, passengers or neither...

 serving Redcliffe, Queensland
Redcliffe, Queensland
  Redcliffe is a residential suburb of the Moreton Bay Region in the north-east of the Redcliffe peninsula, approximately north-northeast of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia...

. It is located 2.5 NM northwest of Redcliffe, in the suburb of Rothwell
Rothwell, Queensland
Rothwell is a residential suburb of the Moreton Bay Region in the west of the Redcliffe peninsula, approximately north-northeast of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia...

. The facility is owned and operated by Moreton Bay Regional Council
Moreton Bay Regional Council
The Moreton Bay Region is a Local Government Area located in South East Queensland, Australia, immediately to the north of Brisbane, the state capital...

, following the amalgamation of the Redcliffe City Council
City of Redcliffe
City of Redcliffe is a defunct Local Government Area in South East Queensland, Australia. It is in the northern part of the County of Stanley. The council covers the suburbs of Clontarf, Kippa-Ring, Margate, Redcliffe, Rothwell, Scarborough and Woody Point – a total area of 38.1 km² with a...

.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation
Elevation
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 7 feet (2 m) above mean sea level and has one 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...

 designated 07/25 which measures 853 by 18 m (2,798.6 by 59.1 ).

The Redcliffe Aero Club is based at the airport and provides pilot training, aircraft hire and charter services.

Airlines and destinations

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