Moomba Airport

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Moomba Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
Operator Santos
Location Gidgealpa, South Australia [1]
Elevation  AMSL 143 ft / 44 m
Coordinates 28°06′00″S140°11′48″E / 28.10000°S 140.19667°E / -28.10000; 140.19667
Map
Australia South Australia location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
YOOM
Location in South Australia
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
12/301,7185,636Asphalt
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart [2]

Moomba Airport( IATA : MOO, ICAO : YOOM) is located in the gazetted locality of Gidgealpa, South Australia. [1]

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Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Alliance Airlines Charter: Adelaide, Ballera [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Search result for "Gidgealpa (LOCB)" (Record no SA0067064) with the following layers selected – "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Road Labels"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  2. YOOM – Moomba  (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia , effective 2023-03-23, Aeronautical Chart Archived 11 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Alliance wins new Santos contract". Australian Aviation.