Eucla Airport
Eucla War Memorial, with the Airport runways and the Great Australian Bight behind it
Summary
Airport typePublic
LocationEucla, Western Australia
Coordinates31°42′26″S 128°52′29″E / 31.70722°S 128.87472°E / -31.70722; 128.87472
Map
YECL is located in Western Australia
YECL
YECL
Location in Western Australia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
8/26 1,369 4,491
Sources: Airport Guide[1]

Eucla Airport is an airstrip in Eucla, Western Australia. It has one runway that is 1369 m long. It has a Traffic Pattern Altitude of 305 m.[1] It is mostly used by the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, who completed 84 medical evacuations from the airstrip between 2009 and 2014. There is an ongoing campaign to upgrade the flood-prone airstrip. When it is unusable, aircraft must land on the nearby Eyre Highway.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Eucla Airport – YECL". Airport Guide. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  2. Lucas, Jarrod (6 December 2016). "Airstrip upgrade urgently required say residents of remote Nullarbor town". ABC News. Retrieved 30 March 2017.

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