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Courtesy of Dave Olsen ( davejust@bigpond.net.au )
Dated: 26 September, 2005
Updated courtesy of 10 March 06
Updated: 25 January, 2006
Airport information courtesy of Michael-Lorenz Meier's database
Time zone: Australia/Queensland, Offset from GMT is 10:00
Information about soaring at Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia is available at www.geocities.com/nqsc_au/
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IDName Codes Links Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Elevation ICAO Frequency Comments R/W Direction R/W Length R/W Surface
° ' " ° ' " ° ' ° ' feet ID
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Aviation Farm (Jones Rd) Tz Q,I,O,G 19 35 21 S 146 47 19 E or 19 35.350 S 146 47.317 E 325 74 47 Good Strip in bushland. Beware ultralights. Channel 30 UHF.
Ayr T Q,I,O,G 19 35 54 S 147 25 18 E or 19 35.900 S 147 25.300 E 39 130 68 You know this one.
Balfes Creek T Q,I,O,G 20 13 03 S 145 55 12 E or 20 13.050 S 145 55.200 E 1093 41 242 Unusable
Blue Valley Station T Q,I,O,G 20 25 04 S 147 23 14 E or 20 25.067 S 147 23.233 E 124 110 Near junction of Burdekin and Bowen Rivers
Boree T Q,I,O,G 20 53 01 S 143 50 54 E or 20 53.017 S 143 50.900 E 269 249
Braceborough Station T Q,I,O,G 20 23 49 S 145 51 47 E or 20 23.820 S 145 51.790 E 58 227
Burdekin Falls Dam T Q,I,O,G 20 35 45 S 147 05 40 E or 20 35.745 S 147 05.663 E 105 126
Byrne Valley Station T Q,I,O,G 19 56 03 S 147 15 36 E or 19 56.050 S 147 15.600 E 104 83
Charters Towers THSFA Q,I,O,G,L,W 20 02 42 S 146 16 18 E or 20 02.700 S 146 16.300 E 1010 YCHT 126.7 Unlicenced aerodrome CTAF 126.7 920 G
Clare TL Q,I,O,G 19 46 34 S 147 13 45 E or 19 46.567 S 147 13.750 E 115 104 74 Good gravel strip adjacent Clare township
Collinsville T Q,I,O,G 20 36 10 S 147 51 05 E or 20 36.167 S 147 51.083 E 176 111
Cornelia Station T Q,I,O,G 20 26 56 S 145 25 07 E or 20 26.933 S 145 25.117 E 100 243
Dalbeg TL Q,I,O,G 20 12 46 S 147 17 30 E or 20 12.767 S 147 17.500 E 203 108 100 Good quality grass strip, well marked.
Donnington Airpark TL Q,I,O,G 19 35 58 S 146 50 13 E or 19 35.967 S 146 50.217 E 243 77 50 Good strip. Landing fees charged
Fanning Downs T Q,I,O,G 20 00 57 S 146 26 43 E or 20 00.942 S 146 26.722 E 18 80
Guthalaungra TL Q,I,O,G 19 55 25 S 147 50 35 E or 19 55.417 S 147 50.583 E 69 165 86 Crop duster strip in paddock east of highway, look for windsock
Home Hill TL Q,I,O,G 19 43 29 S 147 20 50 E or 19 43.483 S 147 20.833 E 49 118 73 Good quality grass strips
Julia Creek TA Q,I,O,G,L,W 20 39 42 S 141 43 11 E or 20 39.700 S 141 43.183 E 400 YJLC 479 261 1410 A
Kirknie Station T Q,I,O,G 20 03 35 S 147 19 51 E or 20 03.583 S 147 19.850 E 111 91
Lewis TL Q,I,O,G 19 48 08 S 147 10 11 E or 19 48.133 S 147 10.183 E 39 98 74 Good quality grass strip, well marked.
Lolworth Station T Q,I,O,G 20 23 48 S 145 11 51 E or 20 23.800 S 145 11.850 E 119 251
Macrossan TY Q,I,O,G 20 00 30 S 146 28 37 E or 20 00.500 S 146 28.617 E 1017 22 79 Military gravel strip. Access by road may be difficult.
Majors Creek (Winjeel) T Q,I,O,G 19 37 45 S 146 59 38 E or 19 37.750 S 146 59.633 E 89 59
Maxwelton T Q,I,O,G 20 43 47 S 142 40 57 E or 20 43.783 S 142 40.950 E 382 258
Millaroo TL Q,I,O,G 20 00 51 S 147 15 07 E or 20 00.850 S 147 15.117 E 1099 102 88 Good quality grass strip. Well marked. Long grass at times
Milray T Q,I,O,G 20 36 14 S 145 36 08 E or 20 36.233 S 145 36.133 E 93 228
Mingela TL Q,I,O,G 19 51 54 S 146 36 58 E or 19 51.900 S 146 36.967 E 968 41 61 Good quality grass strip. Well marked.
Penna Farm T Q,I,O,G 19 36 11 S 146 54 47 E or 19 36.183 S 146 54.783 E 83 54
Pentland TL Q,I,O,G 20 32 12 S 145 22 42 E or 20 32.200 S 145 22.700 E 108 239
Powlathanga TL Q,I,O,G 20 11 55 S 145 59 29 E or 20 11.917 S 145 59.483 E 1060 34 240 Reasonable grass strip in paddock, difficult to see
Prairie T Q,I,O,G 20 52 53 S 144 36 42 E or 20 52.883 S 144 36.700 E 196 241
Ravenswood TL Q,I,O,G 20 05 57 S 146 54 36 E or 20 05.950 S 146 54.600 E 955 67 95 Good quality grass strip. Beware blasting operations.
Richmond TA Q,I,O,G,L,W 20 42 00 S 143 06 44 E or 20 42.005 S 143 06.732 E 679 YRMD 337 257 1530 A
Strathalbyn Station T Q,I,O,G 20 15 36 S 147 19 25 E or 20 15.600 S 147 19.417 E 112 102
Strathbowen T Q,I,O,G 20 32 00 S 147 33 20 E or 20 32.000 S 147 33.333 E 144 112 Between Blue Valley and Strathmore Station
Strathmore Station T Q,I,O,G 20 30 21 S 147 37 11 E or 20 30.350 S 147 37.183 E 150 110
Torrens Creek T Q,I,O,G 20 48 06 S 145 00 24 E or 20 48.100 S 145 00.400 E 156 237
Trafalgar Station T Q,I,O,G 20 21 29 S 145 53 48 E or 20 21.483 S 145 53.800 E 52 228 Only observed from the air. Looks OK.
Unknown name T Q,I,O,G 20 44 29 S 144 42 11 E or 20 44.483 S 144 42.183 E 181 244 North of Praries on Flinders River
Virginia Park TL Q,I,O,G 19 54 06 S 146 31 39 E or 19 54.100 S 146 31.650 E 965 31 59 Grass strip, adjacent road. Road preferable. Beware powerlines.
Hughenden TA Q,I,O,G,L,W 20 48 40 S 144 13 40 E or 20 48.667 S 144 13.667 E 1040 YHUG 229 248 1630 A
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