Quilpie Airport | |
Iata: | ULP |
Icao: | YQLP |
Type: | Public |
Operator: | Quilpie Shire Council |
City-Served: | Quilpie, Queensland, Australia |
Elevation-F: | 655 |
Coordinates: | -26.6094°N 144.2577°W |
Pushpin Map: | Queensland |
Pushpin Label: | YQLP |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Queensland |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 09/27 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,493 |
R1-Surface: | Composite |
R2-Number: | 18/36 |
R2-Length-M: | 1,070 |
R2-Surface: | Clay |
Footnotes: | Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1] |
Quilpie Airport is an airport serving Quilpie, Queensland, Australia. It is located 1NM west of Quilpie and operated by the Quilpie Shire Council. The airport received $242,666 for security upgrades from the Australian Government in 2006.[2] The new Quilpie Airport Terminal opened in May 2018.
The airport is at an elevation of 655feet above sea level. It has two runways: 09/27 with a composite surface measuring 1493x and 18/36 with a clay surface measuring 1070x.[1]
Services are operated under contract to the Government of Queensland and will be taken over by Regional Express Airlines from 1 January 2015.[3]