Esperance Airport Explained

Esperance Airport should not be confused with Grand Case-Espérance Airport.

Esperance Airport
Iata:	EPR
Icao:	YESP
Type:	Public
Operator:	Esperance Shire Council
City-Served:	Esperance, Western Australia
Location:	Gibson, Western Australia
Elevation-F:	470
Coordinates:	-33.6831°N 121.825°W
Pushpin Map:	Western Australia
Pushpin Label:	YESP
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Western Australia
Metric-Rwy:	y
R1-Number:	11/29
R1-Length-M:	1,800
R1-Surface:	Asphalt
R2-Number:	03/21
R2-Length-M:	1,178
R2-Surface:	Gravel
Footnotes:	Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart^[1]

Esperance Airport is an airport in Esperance, Western Australia. The airport is 12NM northwest^[1] of the city, near the locality of Gibson.

Airlines and destinations

Qantas and Virgin Australia Regional Airlines previously operated flights from Esperance to Perth.

Incidents

• On 13 May 1980, a Skywest Swearingen Metro II experienced a failure of its right engine at low altitude whilst approaching Esperance Airport during a scheduled passenger flight, forcing the pilot to execute an emergency landing in a nearby field. The single crewmember and all eleven passengers on board evacuated the aircraft before it was destroyed in a fire.^[2]

See also

• List of airports in Western Australia

External links

• Esperance Airport – official website
• Airservices Aerodromes & Procedure Charts

Notes and References

1. , Aeronautical Chart
2. Web site: 1980 Sykwest accident at the Aviation Safety Network . 7 September 2011 . 4 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121104114049/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19800513-1 . live .