Kingaroy Airport Explained

Kingaroy Airport
Iata:KGY
Icao:YKRY
Type:Public
Operator:South Burnett Regional
Location:Taabinga, adjacent to Kingaroy, Queensland
Elevation-F:1,492
Coordinates:-26.5781°N 151.8394°W
Pushpin Map:Queensland
Pushpin Label:YKRY
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Queensland
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:16/34
R1-Length-M:1,600
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:05/23
R2-Length-M:1,303
R2-Surface:Grass/Brown silt clay
Footnotes:Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1]

Kingaroy Airport or Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen Airport is an airport located 2.5NM south[1] of Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia.

History

The airport opened in 1931 as Kingaroy Aerodrome.[2] It was taken over by the Royal Australian Air Force in October 1941 as Landing Ground No. 375 and formally acquired by the Commonwealth government in June 1943, becoming RAAF Station Kingaroy. Four runways and 180 buildings were constructed between July 1942 and May 1943. It was downgraded to an unstaffed Emergency Landing Ground in June 1945 and returned to civilian control in July 1946.

Current facilities

There are two runways, the main is 16/34 and is 1600x, paved and the second, 05/23, is 1303x, grass. There are no scheduled services but the airport is used by charter flights to the gas fields in far west Queensland.

The airport is used for gliding.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. , Aeronautical Chart
  2. News: NEW AERODROME. 8 June 1931. The Brisbane Courier. 12 October 2018. 22,888. Queensland, Australia. 13. National Library of Australia.
  3. Web site: South Burnett Airports. South Burnett Regional Council. https://web.archive.org/web/20190804071137/http://www.southburnett.qld.gov.au/airports. 4 August 2019. live. 4 August 2019.