Charleville Airport | |
Iata: | CTL |
Icao: | YBCV |
Type: | Public |
Operator: | Murweh Shire Council |
Location: | Charleville, Queensland, Australia |
Elevation-F: | 1,003 |
Coordinates: | -26.4123°N 146.2622°W |
Pushpin Map: | Queensland |
Pushpin Label: | YBCV |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Queensland |
Metric-Rwy: | Y |
R1-Number: | 12/30 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,524 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
R2-Number: | 18/36 |
R2-Length-M: | 1,067 |
R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1] |
Charleville Airport is an airport located 1NM 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]
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.[3]
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.[4]
Other USAAF units assigned to Charleville were the 8th and 480th Service Squadron of the 45th Service Group.[5]
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.