Cunderdin Airport

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Cunderdin Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator Cunderdin Shire Council
LocationCunderdin, Western Australia
Elevation  AMSL 705 ft / 215 m
Coordinates 31°37′20″S117°13′00″E / 31.62222°S 117.21667°E / -31.62222; 117.21667
Map
Australia Western Australia location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
YCUN
Location in Western Australia
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
05/231,8416,040Asphalt
14/321,5094,951Asphalt
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart [1]

Cunderdin Airport( ICAO : YCUN) is located at Cunderdin, Western Australia.

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Proposed redevelopment

In February 2017, Western Australia-based Ascent Aviation proposed a $200 million redevelopment of Cunderdin Airport, initially to be used as a diversion airport for Perth Airport, and in the future host a pilot training college and facilities to handle cargo freighters. [2] The proposed redevelopment would see the construction of a 2600m runway with full international landing aids and space for four A380-sized aircraft. It has been proposed as a diversion airport for Perth Airport due to it being approximately in fifteen minutes' flying distance, not being affected by the same weather that would cause a diversion from Perth Airport, and thus being cost-effective to airlines having a closer diversion airfield. [2] In February 2018, it was proposed that Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport would be a better alternative than Cunderdin. [3]

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References

  1. YCUN – Cunderdin  (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia , effective 21 March 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 10 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 Thomas, Geoffrey (4 February 2017). "$200m plan for backup WA airport". The West Australian. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. Watkinson, Neil (20 February 2018). "Kalgoorlie airport a better flight plan than Wheatbelt: MP". Kalgoorlie Miner. Retrieved 29 September 2019.