Paraburdoo Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Paraburdoo Airport
nativename =


IATA = PBO
ICAO = YPBO
type = Public
owner = Pilbara Iron
operator = Northwest Travel Services
city-served =
location = Paraburdoo, Western Australia
elevation-f = 1406
elevation-m = 429
coordinates = coord|23|10|16|S|117|44|43|E|type:airport|inline=yes
website = [http://www.nwts.net.au/paraburdoo.htm www.nwts.net.au]
metric-rwy = y
r1-number = 06/24
r1-length-f = 6,995
r1-length-m = 2,132
r1-surface = Asphalt
footnotes = Source: DAFIFWAD|YPBO|Source=DAFIF] GCM|pbo|source=DAFIF]

Paraburdoo Airport airport codes|PBO|YPBO is an airport in Paraburdoo, Western Australia. The airport is 10 km from the Town Centre. The airport services the Towns of Paraburdoo and Tom Price with bus services to take passengers the extra 71 km to Tom Price. [ [http://www.qantas.com.au/info/flying/atTheAirport/airportGuide/pbo Paraburdoo Airport Details (Qantas)] (en-au) Retrieved 6th August 2008.]

The airport is owned and maintained by Pilbara Iron [ [http://www.casa.gov.au/aerodromes/cert_dromes.htm CASA Certified Aerodromes Registry] (en-au) Retrieved 6th August 2008.] and operated by Northwest Travel Services [ [http://www.nwts.net.au/paraburdoo.htm Paraburdoo Airport] (en-au) Retrieved 6th August 2008.] Paraburdoo's primary air traffic is made up by a mixture of light aircraft and Qantaslink flights.

Incidents

Sunday, 17 June 2007. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/06/18/1953697.htm ABC News Article] Passengers survive WA plane emergency Monday, 18th June 2008.] A twin-engine charter plane had a fault with its landing gear and was forced to circle for over two hours before making an emergency landing on Paraburdoo's runway. The incident required a cleanup of the runway as well as cranes to remove the aircraft. A Qantaslink Boeing 717 from Perth to Paraburdoo was forced to divert to Newman Airport.

Airlines and destinations

*QantasLink (Perth, Newman)
*Other Charter Flights

References

External links

* [http://www.nwts.net.au/paraburdoo.htm Paraburdoo Airport]
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/apts/417.html Technical Information]