Charleville Airport

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Charleville Airport
Charleville Airport overview Vabre.jpg
  • IATA: CTL
  • ICAO: YBCV
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorMurweh Shire Council
LocationCharleville, Queensland, Australia
Elevation AMSL1,003 ft / 306 m
Coordinates26°24′44.4″S 146°15′43.8″E / 26.412333°S 146.262167°E / -26.412333; 146.262167Coordinates: 26°24′44.4″S 146°15′43.8″E / 26.412333°S 146.262167°E / -26.412333; 146.262167
Map
YBCV is located in Queensland
YBCV
YBCV
Location in Queensland
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 1,524 5,000 Asphalt
18/36 1,067 3,501 Asphalt
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1]

Charleville Airport (IATA: CTL, ICAO: YBCV) is an airport located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) southwest[1] of Charleville, a town in the state of Queensland in Australia.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service has one of its nine Queensland bases at Charleville Airport.[2]

Airlines and destinations[]

AirlinesDestinations
Rex Airlines Bedourie, Birdsville, Boulia, Brisbane, Mount Isa, Quilpie, Roma,[3] Toowoomba, Windorah

Regular services operated under contract to the Government of Queensland. Services operated by Skytrans were taken over by Regional Express Airlines from 1 January 2015.[4]

History[]

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces 63d Bombardment Squadron, assigned to the Fifth Air Force 43d Bombardment Group, flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from the airfield between 15 June and 3 August 1942.[5]

Other USAAF units assigned to Charleville were the 8th and 480th Service Squadron of the 45th Service Group.[6]

Charleville was also the western terminus of the Air Transport Command Pacific Wing (later Division).

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) had a unit at Charleville. No 15 Operational Base Unit provided support services for transiting aircraft, such as refuelling or minor maintenance.

See also[]

References[]

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

  1. ^ a b YBCV – Charleville (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 2 Dec 2021, Aeronautical Chart Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "RFDS QLD Home Page". Royal Flying Doctor Service. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Rex snags regulated QLD regional routes from Qantas".
  4. ^ "Rex soars in Queensland as Skytrans falters". Brisbane Times. 15 October 2014.
  5. ^ Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6.
  6. ^ USAF Historical Research Agency Document Search

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