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.
Kingaroy Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | South Burnett Regional | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Taabinga, adjacent to Kingaroy, Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,492 ft / 455 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°34′41″S 151°50′22″E / 26.57806°S 151.83944°E | ||||||||||||||
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  YKRY Location in Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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History
editThe airport opened in 1931 as Kingaroy Aerodrome.[2] It was taken over by the Royal Australian Air Force in October 1941 as Landing Ground No. 375 and formally acquired by the Commonwealth government in June 1943, becoming RAAF Station Kingaroy. Four runways and 180 buildings were constructed between July 1942 and May 1943. It was downgraded to an unstaffed Emergency Landing Ground in June 1945 and returned to civilian control in July 1946.
Current facilities
editThere are two runways, the main is 16/34 and is 1,600 m × 30 m (5,249 ft × 98 ft), paved and the second, 05/23, is 1,303 m × 30 m (4,275 ft × 98 ft), grass. There are no scheduled services but the airport is used by charter flights to the gas fields in far west Queensland.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c YKRY – Kingaroy (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 11 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "NEW AERODROME". The Brisbane Courier. No. 22, 888. Queensland, Australia. 8 June 1931. p. 13. Retrieved 12 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "South Burnett Airports". South Burnett Regional Council. Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
