Chincilla Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Western Downs Regional Council | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Chinchilla,Queensland,Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 28 October 1967; 58 years ago (1967-10-28) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,030 ft / 314 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°46′16″S150°37′00″E / 26.77111°S 150.61667°E /-26.77111; 150.61667 | ||||||||||||||
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  YCCA Location in Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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| Sources: AustralianAIP and aerodrome chart[1] | |||||||||||||||
Chinchilla Airport (IATA:CCL,ICAO:YCCA) is an airport servingChinchilla,Queensland,Australia.
The airport is served by 2–3 weekday charter flights toTaroom andBrisbane operated bySkytrans Airlines withDe Havilland Canada Dash 8-100 aircraft.
Work commenced on the Chinchilla Aerodrome in 1967. Land for the facility was resumed in March and construction completed later that year. The first aircraft landed at the airport on 26 October 1967 and the facility was opened byReginald Swartz two days later on 28 October 1967.[2] The facility was initially opened with a gravel runway, which was later sealed in 1987.[2]
Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) operated services from the airport from around its opening until the end of 1973.[2]
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