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Unofficial Coordinates for the Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia Control Points


Courtesy of Dave Olsen ( davejust(at)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

Magnetic Variation: 7.7E
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/

The primary specification of the waypoint coordinates is degrees, minutes, and seconds


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Use of this information is at your own risk. Every effort has been made to ensure the data is accurate, but it is up to the individual pilot to confirm the accuracy of the information via his/her own survey of outlanding sites. Cross country flying in this area needs careful preparation, and should only be undertaken after appropriate planning, and with the approval of the duty instructor.
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  IDName                      Codes      Links       Latitude    Longitude        Latitude     Longitude   Elevation   ICAO    Frequency    Comments                                                    R/W Direction  R/W Length  R/W Surface
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Aviation Farm (Jones Rd)  Tz     Q,I,O,g,M,G      19 35 21 S  146 47 19 E  or  19 35.350 S  146 47.317 E      325                  74        55                 Good Strip in bushland. Beware ultralights. Channel 30 UHF.                                         
Ayr                       T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      19 35 54 S  147 25 18 E  or  19 35.900 S  147 25.300 E       39                 130        75                 You know this one.                                                                                  
Balfes Creek              T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 13 03 S  145 55 12 E  or  20 13.050 S  145 55.200 E     1093                  41       250                 Unusable                                                                                            
Blue Valley Station       T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 25 04 S  147 23 14 E  or  20 25.067 S  147 23.233 E                          124       117                 Near junction of Burdekin and Bowen Rivers                                                          
Boree                     T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 53 01 S  143 50 54 E  or  20 53.017 S  143 50.900 E                          269       257                                                                                                                     

Braceborough Station      T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 23 49 S  145 51 47 E  or  20 23.820 S  145 51.790 E                           58       235                                                                                                                     
Burdekin Falls Dam        T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 35 45 S  147 05 40 E  or  20 35.745 S  147 05.663 E                          105       133                                                                                                                     
Byrne Valley Station      T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      19 56 03 S  147 15 36 E  or  19 56.050 S  147 15.600 E                          104        91                                                                                                                     
Charters Towers           THSFA  Q,I,O,g,L,m,W,M,G  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,M,G      19 46 34 S  147 13 45 E  or  19 46.567 S  147 13.750 E      115                 104        81                 Good gravel strip adjacent Clare township                                                           

Collinsville              T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 36 10 S  147 51 05 E  or  20 36.167 S  147 51.083 E                          176       119                                                                                                                     
Cornelia Station          T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 26 56 S  145 25 07 E  or  20 26.933 S  145 25.117 E                          100       251                                                                                                                     
Dalbeg                    TL     Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 12 46 S  147 17 30 E  or  20 12.767 S  147 17.500 E      203                 108       108                 Good quality grass strip, well marked.                                                              
Donnington Airpark        TL     Q,I,O,g,M,G      19 35 58 S  146 50 13 E  or  19 35.967 S  146 50.217 E      243                  77        58                 Good strip. Landing fees charged                                                                    
Fanning Downs             T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 00 57 S  146 26 43 E  or  20 00.942 S  146 26.722 E                           18        88                                                                                                                     

Guthalaungra              TL     Q,I,O,g,M,G      19 55 25 S  147 50 35 E  or  19 55.417 S  147 50.583 E       69                 165        93                 Crop duster strip in paddock east of highway, look for windsock                                     
Home Hill                 TL     Q,I,O,g,M,G      19 43 29 S  147 20 50 E  or  19 43.483 S  147 20.833 E       49                 118        80                 Good quality grass strips                                                                           
Julia Creek               TA     Q,I,O,g,L,m,W,M,G  20 39 42 S  141 43 11 E  or  20 39.700 S  141 43.183 E      400     YJLC        479       269                                                                                                      1410  A        
Kirknie Station           T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 03 35 S  147 19 51 E  or  20 03.583 S  147 19.850 E                          111        99                                                                                                                     
Lewis                     TL     Q,I,O,g,M,G      19 48 08 S  147 10 11 E  or  19 48.133 S  147 10.183 E       39                  98        82                 Good quality grass strip, well marked.                                                              

Lolworth Station          T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 23 48 S  145 11 51 E  or  20 23.800 S  145 11.850 E                          119       258                                                                                                                     
Macrossan                 TY     Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 00 30 S  146 28 37 E  or  20 00.500 S  146 28.617 E     1017                  22        87                 Military gravel strip. Access by road may be difficult.                                             
Majors Creek (Winjeel)    T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      19 37 45 S  146 59 38 E  or  19 37.750 S  146 59.633 E                           89        66                                                                                                                     
Maxwelton                 T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 43 47 S  142 40 57 E  or  20 43.783 S  142 40.950 E                          382       266                                                                                                                     
Millaroo                  TL     Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 00 51 S  147 15 07 E  or  20 00.850 S  147 15.117 E     1099                 102        96                 Good quality grass strip. Well marked. Long grass at times                                          

Milray                    T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 36 14 S  145 36 08 E  or  20 36.233 S  145 36.133 E                           93       236                                                                                                                     
Mingela                   TL     Q,I,O,g,M,G      19 51 54 S  146 36 58 E  or  19 51.900 S  146 36.967 E      968                  41        69                 Good quality grass strip. Well marked.                                                              
Penna Farm                T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      19 36 11 S  146 54 47 E  or  19 36.183 S  146 54.783 E                           83        62                                                                                                                     
Pentland                  TL     Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 32 12 S  145 22 42 E  or  20 32.200 S  145 22.700 E                          108       247                                                                                                                     
Powlathanga               TL     Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 11 55 S  145 59 29 E  or  20 11.917 S  145 59.483 E     1060                  34       247                 Reasonable grass strip in paddock, difficult to see                                                 

Prairie                   T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 52 53 S  144 36 42 E  or  20 52.883 S  144 36.700 E                          196       249                                                                                                                     
Ravenswood                TL     Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 05 57 S  146 54 36 E  or  20 05.950 S  146 54.600 E      955                  67       103                 Good quality grass strip. Beware blasting operations.                                               
Richmond                  TA     Q,I,O,g,L,m,W,M,G  20 42 00 S  143 06 44 E  or  20 42.005 S  143 06.732 E      679     YRMD        337       265                                                                                                      1530  A        
Strathalbyn Station       T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 15 36 S  147 19 25 E  or  20 15.600 S  147 19.417 E                          112       110                                                                                                                     
Strathbowen               T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 32 00 S  147 33 20 E  or  20 32.000 S  147 33.333 E                          144       120                 Between Blue Valley and Strathmore Station                                                          

Strathmore Station        T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 30 21 S  147 37 11 E  or  20 30.350 S  147 37.183 E                          150       118                                                                                                                     
Torrens Creek             T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 48 06 S  145 00 24 E  or  20 48.100 S  145 00.400 E                          156       245                                                                                                                     
Trafalgar Station         T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 21 29 S  145 53 48 E  or  20 21.483 S  145 53.800 E                           52       236                 Only observed from the air. Looks OK.                                                               
Unknown name              T      Q,I,O,g,M,G      20 44 29 S  144 42 11 E  or  20 44.483 S  144 42.183 E                          181       252                 North of Praries on Flinders River                                                                  
Virginia Park             TL     Q,I,O,g,M,G      19 54 06 S  146 31 39 E  or  19 54.100 S  146 31.650 E      965                  31        67                 Grass strip, adjacent road. Road preferable. Beware powerlines.                                     

Hughenden                 TA     Q,I,O,g,L,m,W,M,G  20 48 40 S  144 13 40 E  or  20 48.667 S  144 13.667 E     1040     YHUG        229       256                                                                                                      1630  A        
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