Windorah Airport is an airport serving

Windorah Windorah is a town and a locality in the Shire of Barcoo, Queensland, Australia. It is one of only three towns in the Shire of Barcoo in Central West Queensland. In the , Windorah had a population of 115 people. Geography Located downstream f ...

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, Australia. It is operated by the

Barcoo Shire Council The Shire of Barcoo is a local government area in Central West Queensland, Australia. In June 2018, the shire had a population of 267 people. It covers an area of , and has existed as a local government entity since 1887. It is named for the ...

. The airport received $183,578 in funds for security upgrades from the Australian Government in 2006.

Facilities

The airport is at an

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of above

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. It has one

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designated 04/22 with an

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surface measuring .

Airlines and destinations

Services are operated under contract to the

Government of Queensland The Queensland Government is the democratic administrative authority of the Australian state of Queensland. The Government of Queensland, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy was formed in 1859 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended fr ...

and were taken over by

Regional Express Airlines Regional Express Pty. Ltd., trading as Rex Airlines (and as Regional Express Airlines on regional routes), is an Australian airline based in Mascot, New South Wales. It operates scheduled regional and domestic services. It is Australia's large ...

from 1 January 2015.

References

Airports in Queensland Central West Queensland {{Queensland-airport-stub

Facilities

Airlines and destinations

See also

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