Amata Airport is a sealed airstrip servicing the town of
Amata in the
APY Lands
Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara, also known as APY, APY Lands or ''the Lands'', is a large, sparsely-populated local government area (LGA) for Aboriginal people, located in the remote north west of South Australia. Some of the aṉangu ...
of northern
South Australia.
Amata is one of three sealed and six unsealed airstrips in the APY Lands. It has lights to enable night operations. It was upgraded in 2016 with
camel
A camel (from: la, camelus and grc-gre, κάμηλος (''kamēlos'') from Hebrew or Phoenician: גָמָל ''gāmāl''.) is an even-toed ungulate in the genus ''Camelus'' that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. C ...
-proof fencing.
See also
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List of airports in South Australia
References
Airports in South Australia
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara
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