Southport Airport Explained

Southport Airport
Iata:SHQ
Icao:YSPT
Type:Private
Operator:Southport Flying Club
City-Served:Southport, Queensland, Australia
Elevation-F:5
Coordinates:-27.9217°N 153.3717°W
Pushpin Map:Queensland
Pushpin Label:YSPT
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Queensland
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:01/19
R1-Length-M:778
R1-Surface:Natural
Footnotes:Sources: AIP

Southport Airport is an airport located 3.5NM northwest of Southport, in Coombabah, Queensland, Australia. It is operated by the Southport Flying Club.

Facilities

This is a private airport, and permission is required to land.

The airport is at an elevation of 5feet above sea level. It has one runway measuring 778 metres. Both ends of the runway have displaced thresholds due to trees. Runway 01 has a displaced threshold of 190 metres and Runway 19 has a displaced threshold of 140M. As it is an uncontrolled aerodrome, pilots are required to coordinate arrivals and departures over a Common Traffic Advisory Frequency.

The displaced threshold lengths are:

See also