Cunderdin Airport | |
Icao: | YCUN |
Type: | Public |
Operator: | Cunderdin Shire Council |
Location: | Cunderdin, Western Australia |
Elevation-F: | 705 |
Coordinates: | -31.6222°N 117.2167°W |
Pushpin Map: | Western Australia |
Pushpin Label: | YCUN |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Western Australia |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 05/23 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,841 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
R2-Number: | 14/32 |
R2-Length-M: | 1,509 |
R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1] |
Cunderdin Airport is located at Cunderdin, Western Australia.
In February 2017, Western Australia-based Ascent Aviation proposed a $200 million redevelopment of Cunderdin Airport, initially to be used as a diversion airport for Perth Airport, and in the future host a pilot training college and facilities to handle cargo freighters.[2] The proposed redevelopment would see the construction of a 2600m runway with full international landing aids and space for four A380-sized aircraft. It has been proposed as a diversion airport for Perth Airport due to it being approximately in fifteen minutes' flying distance, not being affected by the same weather that would cause a diversion from Perth Airport, and thus being cost-effective to airlines having a closer diversion airfield. In February 2018, it was proposed that Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport would be a better alternative than Cunderdin.[3]