Charleville Airport

Charleville Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorMurweh Shire Council
LocationCharleville, Queensland, Australia
Elevation AMSL1,003 ft / 306 m
Coordinates26°24′44.4″S 146°15′43.8″E / 26.412333°S 146.262167°E / -26.412333; 146.262167
Map
YBCV is located in Queensland
YBCV
YBCV
Location in Queensland
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 1,524 5,000 Asphalt
18/36 1,067 3,501 Asphalt
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1]

Charleville Airport (IATA: CTL, ICAO: YBCV) is an airport located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) southwest[1] of Charleville, a town in the state of Queensland in Australia.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service has one of its nine Queensland bases at Charleville Airport.[2]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Rex Airlines Bedourie, Birdsville, Boulia, Brisbane, Mount Isa, Quilpie, Roma,[3] Toowoomba, Windorah

Regular services operated under contract to the Government of Queensland. Services operated by Skytrans were taken over by Regional Express Airlines from 1 January 2015.[4]

History

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces 63d Bombardment Squadron, assigned to the Fifth Air Force 43d Bombardment Group, flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from the airfield between 15 June and 3 August 1942.[5]

Other USAAF units assigned to Charleville were the 8th and 480th Service Squadron of the 45th Service Group.[6]

Charleville was also the western terminus of the Air Transport Command Pacific Wing (later Division).

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) had a unit at Charleville. No 15 Operational Base Unit provided support services for transiting aircraft, such as refuelling or minor maintenance.

See also

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  1. ^ a b YBCV – Charleville (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "RFDS QLD Home Page". Royal Flying Doctor Service. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Rex snags regulated QLD regional routes from Qantas". Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Rex soars in Queensland as Skytrans falters". Brisbane Times. 15 October 2014. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  5. ^ Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 March 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  6. ^ USAF Historical Research Agency Document Search