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Burketown Airport is a small public aerodrome serving the remote Gulf of Carpentaria town of Burketown in North West Queensland, Australia. It offers a single sealed, lit runway and is the local gateway for scheduled regional air services, making it a useful stop for VFR pilots operating in this sparsely served corner of the outback.
Burketown Airport serves the small town of Burketown in Queensland's Gulf Country, and is operated by Burke Shire Council. It is a modest but functional aerodrome that provides the town's principal air link, and is of interest to sim pilots for its remote outback setting and straightforward single-runway layout.
The airport lies about 1 nautical mile southwest of Burketown, Queensland, in the remote Gulf of Carpentaria region of North West Queensland. Traffic in the area falls under Brisbane Centre.
Burketown has a single physical runway, 03/21, measuring 4493 feet and surfaced in hard material (asphalt), with runway lighting provided for both directions.
Pilots should use the CTAF on 126.7 MHz for local traffic advisories, with an FSS frequency of 125.7 MHz for flight service. The airport is served overhead by Brisbane Centre. There is no ILS or other instrument approach aid at the field.
Burketown Airport has long served as the aviation link for this isolated Gulf Country settlement, with Burke Shire Council as the operator. Scheduled services have connected the town to other Gulf and Queensland centres over the years, reflecting the airport's role as a lifeline for a remote community with few other transport options.
The airport continues to support regular scheduled air services, with Rex Airlines operating flights linking Burketown to Cairns, Doomadgee, Gununa, Mount Isa and Normanton. It remains a small regional facility geared primarily towards sustaining these essential air links for the local community.