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Esperance Airport
The airport terminal, 2018
IATA: EPR ICAO: YESP
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Esperance Shire Council
Serves	Esperance, Western Australia
Location	Gibson, Western Australia
Elevation AMSL	470 ft / 143 m
Coordinates	33°40′59″S 121°49′30″E / 33.68306°S 121.82500°E / -33.68306; 121.82500
Map
YESPLocation in Western Australia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 11/29 1,800 5,906 Asphalt 03/21 1,178 3,865 Gravel
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart

Esperance Airport (IATA: EPR, ICAO: YESP) is an airport in Esperance, Western Australia. The airport is 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) northwest of the city, near the locality of Gibson.

Airlines and destinations

Qantas and Virgin Australia Regional Airlines previously operated flights from Esperance to Perth.

Incidents

• On 13 May 1980, a Skywest Swearingen Metro II experienced a failure of its right engine at low altitude whilst approaching Esperance Airport during a scheduled passenger flight, forcing the pilot to execute an emergency landing in a nearby field. The single crewmember and all eleven passengers on board evacuated the aircraft before it was destroyed in a fire.

See also

• List of airports in Western Australia
• Transport in Australia § Aviation

References

1. ^ YESP – Esperance (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart
2. "Rex named as preferred tenderer for two WA govt contracts".
3. "1980 Sykwest accident at the Aviation Safety Network". Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2011.

External links

Media related to Esperance Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Esperance Airport – official website
• Airservices Aerodromes & Procedure Charts

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