Agnew Airport

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Agnew Airport
Summary
Location Mapoon, Queensland, Australia
Elevation  AMSL 160 ft / 49 m
Coordinates 12°08′44″S142°08′57″E / 12.14556°S 142.14917°E / -12.14556; 142.14917
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AGW
Location of airport in Queensland
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
n/a1,3724,501n/a
Source: [1]

Agnew Airport( IATA : AGW [2] ) is an airport in Mapoon, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. [3] It presumably takes its name from the parish. [4]

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Facilities

The airport has one runway which is 1,372 metres (4,501 ft) in length. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Airport information for Agnew, Queensland, Australia (AGW) at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. "Airline and Airport Code Search (AGW: Agnew)". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  3. World Airport Codes
  4. "Agnew – parish in the Shire of Cook (entry 164)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 19 April 2019.