Esperance Airport

Not to be confused with Grand Case-Espérance Airport.

Esperance Airport
The airport terminal, 2018
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorEsperance Shire Council
ServesEsperance, Western Australia
LocationGibson, Western Australia
Elevation AMSL470 ft / 143 m
Coordinates33°40′59″S 121°49′30″E / 33.68306°S 121.82500°E / -33.68306; 121.82500
Map
YESP is located in Western Australia
YESP
YESP
Location in Western Australia
Map
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[1]

Esperance Airport (IATA: EPR, ICAO: YESP) is an airport in Esperance, Western Australia. The airport is 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) northwest[1] of the city, near the locality of Gibson.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Rex Airlines Perth[2]

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.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 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.

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