Kingaroy Airport
Kingaroy Airport | |||||||||||||||
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IATA: KGY – ICAO: YKRY | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Operator | South Burnett Regional | ||||||||||||||
Location | Kingaroy, Queensland | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,492 ft / 455 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 26°34′48″S 151°50′30″E / 26.58000°S 151.84167°ECoordinates: 26°34′48″S 151°50′30″E / 26.58000°S 151.84167°E | ||||||||||||||
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YKRY Location in Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Kingaroy Airport or Sir Joh Bjelke Petersen Airport (IATA: KGY, ICAO: YKRY) is an airport located 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) south[1] of Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia.
There are two runways, the main is 16/34 and is 1,600 m × 30 m (5,249 ft × 98 ft) and the second, 05/23, is 1,303 m × 30 m (4,275 ft × 98 ft). There is currently charter flights to the gas fields in far west Queensland.[1]
The airport has an active gliding club, the Kingaroy Soaring Club that makes use of some of the world war II infrastructure for its hangar, club house and bunk house. (Kingaroy was part of the Brisbane Line.)
See also
References
- 1 2 3 YKRY – Kingaroy (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 10 November 2016, Aeronautical Chart
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