Cunderdin Airport (ICAO: YCUN) is located at Cunderdin, Western Australia.
Cunderdin Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Cunderdin Shire Council | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Cunderdin, Western Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 705 ft / 215 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°37′20″S 117°13′00″E / 31.62222°S 117.21667°E | ||||||||||||||
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  YCUN Location in Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Proposed redevelopment
editIn February 2017, Western Australia-based Ascent Aviation proposed a $200 million redevelopment of Cunderdin Airport, initially to be used as a diversion airport for Perth Airport, and in the future host a pilot training college and facilities to handle cargo freighters.[2] The proposed redevelopment would see the construction of a 2600m runway with full international landing aids and space for four A380-sized aircraft. It has been proposed as a diversion airport for Perth Airport due to it being approximately in fifteen minutes' flying distance, not being affected by the same weather that would cause a diversion from Perth Airport, and thus being cost-effective to airlines having a closer diversion airfield.[2] In February 2018, it was proposed that Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport would be a better alternative than Cunderdin.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ YCUN – Cunderdin (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 10 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Thomas, Geoffrey (4 February 2017). "$200m plan for backup WA airport". The West Australian. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ Watkinson, Neil (20 February 2018). "Kalgoorlie airport a better flight plan than Wheatbelt: MP". Kalgoorlie Miner. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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