Scott Creek Airport Explained

Scott Creek Airport
Icao:YSCC
Operator:South Australian Country Fire Service
Timezone:Australian Central Standard Time
Summer:Australian Central Summer Time
Elevation-M:338
Metric-Elev:y
Coordinates:-35.0918°N 138.6614°W
Mapframe:yes
Pushpin Map:Australia South Australia
Pushpin Relief:yes
R1-Number:16/34
R1-Length-M:1126.5
R1-Surface:Grass
Metric-Rwy:yes

Scott Creek Airport also known as Cherry Gardens Airstrip is an airstrip in the northeastern corner of the locality of Clarendon, South Australia in the Adelaide Hills. Scott Creek and Cherry Gardens are smaller villages closer to the airstrip than the larger town of Clarendon. It has one unsealed runway 1127 metres long.[1]

It has no aircraft parking facilities, but is used for reloading fire bomber aircraft for the South Australian Country Fire Service. The main aircraft operating from this strip are Air Tractors.[2] An aircraft can be loaded with 3000 litres of water and firefighting foam and returned to the air in four minutes.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: YSCC: Scott Creek . Airport Nav Finder . 25 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Fire Bomber Support . South Australian Country Fire Service Promotions Unit . Operations . 25 January 2021.
  3. Web site: Cherry Gardens Air Support . Sturt CFS Group . 24 January 2021.