Yorketown Airport (
IATA
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:ORR,
ICAO
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:YYOR) is a regional, uncontrolled
airport
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located in
Yorketown on the
Yorke Peninsula
The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located northwest and west of Adelaide in South Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east. The peninsula is separated from Kangaroo Island to the south by Investigator Strai ...
,
South Australia
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. The airfield is run and operated by the
Yorke Peninsula Council
The Yorke Peninsula Council is a local government area in South Australia. Its boundaries include most of the Yorke Peninsula. The council seat is at Maitland; the council also maintains branch offices at Minlaton and Yorketown.
History
It ca ...
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The airfield is used as an emergency landing strip for the
RFDS service, but it is also open for public use.
Facilities
The airfield has one paved runway with the heading of 17/35. The airfield has basic landing lights, aircraft parking,
windsock
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, toilets and a water station. The airfield does not have
avgas
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.
See also
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List of airports in South Australia
This is a list of airports in the Australian state of South Australia.
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List of airports
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References
{{Airports in Australia
Airports in South Australia
Yorke Peninsula