Eucla Airport
Eucla Airport | |||||||||||
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![]() Eucla War Memorial, with the Airport runways and the Great Australian Bight behind it | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Location | Eucla, Western Australia | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 31°42′26″S 128°52′29″E / 31.70722°S 128.87472°ECoordinates: 31°42′26″S 128°52′29″E / 31.70722°S 128.87472°E | ||||||||||
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![]() ![]() YECL Location in Western Australia | |||||||||||
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Sources: Airport Guide[1] |
Eucla Airport is an airstrip in Eucla, Western Australia. It has one runway that is 1369 m long. It has a Traffic Pattern Altitude of 305 m.[1] It is mostly used by the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, who completed 84 medical evacuations from the airstrip between 2009 and 2014. There is an ongoing campaign to upgrade the flood-prone airstrip. When it is unusable, aircraft must land on the nearby Eyre Highway.[2]
See also[]
- List of airports in Western Australia
- Aviation transport in Australia
References[]
- ^ a b "Eucla Airport – YECL". Airport Guide. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ Lucas, Jarrod (6 December 2016). "Airstrip upgrade urgently required say residents of remote Nullarbor town". ABC News. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
External links[]
Media related to Eucla Airport at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Airports in Western Australia
- Western Australia airport stubs