Charleville Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Murweh Shire Council | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Charleville, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,003 ft / 306 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°24′44.4″S 146°15′43.8″E / 26.412333°S 146.262167°E | ||||||||||||||
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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
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aerlink | Charter: Brisbane[3] |
| Rex Airlines | Bedourie, Birdsville, Boulia, Brisbane, Mount Isa, Quilpie, Roma,[4] 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.[5]
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.[6]
Other USAAF units assigned to Charleville were the 8th and 480th Service Squadron of the 45th Service Group.[7]
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
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- ^ 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
- ^ "RFDS QLD Home Page". Royal Flying Doctor Service. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ "Flight history for Aerlink flight HT831".
- ^ "Rex snags regulated QLD regional routes from Qantas".
- ^ "Rex soars in Queensland as Skytrans falters". Brisbane Times. 15 October 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ USAF Historical Research Agency Document Search
