Misplaced Pages

Quilpie Airport
IATA: ULP ICAO: YQLP
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Quilpie Shire Council
Serves	Quilpie, Queensland, Australia
Elevation AMSL	655 ft / 200 m
Coordinates	26°36′33.7″S 144°15′27.7″E / 26.609361°S 144.257694°E / -26.609361; 144.257694
Map
YQLPLocation in Queensland
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 1,493 4,898 Composite 18/36 1,070 3,510 Clay
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart

Quilpie Airport (IATA: ULP, ICAO: YQLP) is an airport serving Quilpie, Queensland, Australia. It is located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) west of Quilpie and operated by the Quilpie Shire Council. The airport received $242,666 for security upgrades from the Australian Government in 2006. The new Quilpie Airport Terminal opened in May 2018.

Facilities

The airport is at an elevation of 655 ft (200 m) above sea level. It has two runways: 09/27 with a composite surface measuring 1,493 m × 30 m (4,898 ft × 98 ft) and 18/36 with a clay surface measuring 1,070 m × 30 m (3,510 ft × 98 ft).

Airlines and destinations

Services are operated under contract to the Government of Queensland and will be taken over by Regional Express Airlines from 1 January 2015.

See also

• List of airports in Queensland

References

1. ^ YQLP – Quilpie (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 10 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Australia upgrades airport security". Urban Development Asia. 8 March 2006. Archived from the original on 28 November 2006.
3. "Rex soars in Queensland as Skytrans falters". Brisbane Times. 15 October 2014.

External links

• Accident history for ULP at Aviation Safety Network

• Queensland
• Aviation

This Queensland airport-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Airports in Queensland
• South West Queensland
• Queensland airport stubs