Learmonth Airport
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Learmonth Airport (Template:Comma separated entries) is an airport, co-located on the site of RAAF Base Learmonth, a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base. The airport is located near the town of Exmouth on the north-west coast of Western Australia.
Established in the 1940s as an airfield, the current airport is operated by the Shire of Exmouth under a lease from the Department of Defence and occupies an area of Script error: No such module "convert". on the RAAF Base Learmonth site. The terminal opened on 3 December 1999.[1][2]
On 7 October 2008, Qantas Flight 72 made an emergency landing at RAAF Learmonth. On 1 June 2012, an AirAsia X flight to Perth made an emergency landing at Learmonth Airport for refuelling.[3] Learmonth is designated an emergency alternative airport in the case of fog or bad weather affecting Perth Airport.[4]
In October 2023, CPB Contractors was awarded a contract to upgrade the airport.[5][6]
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
Learmonth Airport was ranked 49th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in 2012/13.[7] Template:Bar graph
References
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- ↑ Learmonth Australian Aviation issue 145 November 1998 page 25
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- ↑ CIMIC's CPB Contractors selected for upgrades at RAAF bases Curtin and Learmouth CPB Contractors 4 October 2023
- ↑ CPB Contractors selected for upgrades at RAAF Bases Curtin and Learmounth Australian Defence Magazine 6 October 2023
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"
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