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{{Infobox airport
| name = Cloncurry Airport
| name = Cloncurry Airport
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| location = [[Cloncurry, Queensland]]
| location = [[Cloncurry, Queensland]]
| elevation-f = 616
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| coordinates = {{coord|20|39|55|S|140|30|23|E|region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title}}
| latd = 20 | latm = 40 | lats = 07 | latNS = S
| longd= 140 | longm= 30 | longs= 16 | longEW= E
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| r1-number = 06/24
| r1-number = 06/24
| r1-length-m = 1,157
| r1-length-m = 1,157
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| r1-surface = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]
| r2-number = 12/30
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| r2-length-m = 2,000
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| footnotes = Sources: Australian [[Aeronautical Information Publication|AIP]] and aerodrome chart<ref name="AIP">{{AIP AU|YCCY|name=Cloncurry}}, [http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dap/TEMAD01-119.pdf Aeronautical Chart]</ref>
| footnotes = Sources: Australian [[Aeronautical Information Publication|AIP]] and aerodrome chart<ref name="AIP">{{AIP AU|YCCY|name=Cloncurry}}, [http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dap/TEMAD01-119.pdf Aeronautical Chart] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325121507/http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dap/TEMAD01-119.pdf |date=25 March 2012 }}</ref>
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==History==
==History==
[[File:StateLibQld 1 114328 QANTAS biplane at Cloncurry, 1923.jpg|thumb|left|QANTAS biplane at Cloncurry, 1923 [[Airco]] [[de Havilland]] [[Airco DH.9C|DH.9C]] G-AUEF was acquired by QANTAS in 1923 for the Charleville - Cloncurry route. Pilot, Captain G. Matthews is on the left and Mr. A. N. Templeton is on the right.]]
[[File:StateLibQld 1 114328 QANTAS biplane at Cloncurry, 1923.jpg|thumb|left|QANTAS biplane at Cloncurry, 1923 [[Airco]] [[de Havilland]] [[Airco DH.9C|DH.9C]] G-AUEF was acquired by QANTAS in 1923 for the Charleville - Cloncurry route. Pilot, Captain G. Matthews is on the left and Mr. A. N. Templeton is on the right.]]
Cloncurry Airport has been the focal point for many of Australia’s greatest innovations. Cloncurry was involved with the beginnings of [[Qantas|QANTAS]], and the original QANTAS hangar is still in use at the aerodrome, where "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service" is still displayed above the hangar door.
Cloncurry Airport has been the focal point for many of Australia's greatest innovations. Cloncurry was involved with the beginnings of [[Qantas|QANTAS]], and the original QANTAS hangar is still in use at the aerodrome, where "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service" is still displayed above the hangar door.


The [[Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia|Royal Flying Doctor Service]] was founded there in 1928, now recognised the world over. The airport was also on route for early planes coming from overseas and a stopping place for contestants in the great air races of 1919 and 1934.
The [[Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia|Royal Flying Doctor Service]] was founded there in 1928, now recognised the world over. The airport was also on route for early planes coming from overseas and a stopping place for contestants in the great air races of 1919 and 1934.

In the late 1930s (as early as 1938, as late as 1941), the [[KNILM]] service from Batavia ([[Jakarta]]) to [[Sydney]], connecting at Batavia from Amsterdam on [[KLM]], called at Cloncurry. On the way South, passengers spent the night, while on the way North, they had a luncheon in Cloncurry.<ref>{{cite web|title=KNILM Timetable|url=http://timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/kl3810/kl3810-4.jpg|website=airline timetable images|access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref>

In early 2022, Horizon Airways established a base in Cloncurry providing flight training for all initial and advanced training, as well as fixed wing charter flight services.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}


===World War II===
===World War II===
Due to the strategic importance of Cloncurry aerodrome on the main Darwin–Sydney air route, the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] expanded the aerodrome during [[World War II]]. Intended to be a major airbase should the [[Empire of Japan]] have occupied [[Territory of New Guinea|New Guinea]] and [[Territory of Papua|Papua]].
Due to the strategic importance of Cloncurry aerodrome on the main Darwin–Sydney air route, the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] expanded the aerodrome during [[World War II]]. Intended to be a major airbase should the [[Empire of Japan]] have occupied [[Territory of New Guinea|New Guinea]] and [[Territory of Papua|Papua]].


During the Second World War, Cloncurry Airport was the site of a major [[United States Army Air Force]] air base in 1942. As the war moved north, the USAAF units located north to forward bases.
During the Second World War, Cloncurry Airport was the site of a major [[United States Army Air Forces]] air base in 1942. As the war moved north, the USAAF units located north to forward bases.


====List of wartime military units based at Cloncurry Aerodrome====
====List of wartime military units based at Cloncurry Aerodrome====
*[[No. 29 Operational Base Unit RAAF]] - 22 June 1942 – 5 July 1943
* [[No. 29 Operational Base Unit RAAF]] - 22 June 1942 – 5 July 1943
*[[No. 30 Operational Base Unit RAAF]] - 12 December 1942 – 19 September 1946
* [[No. 30 Operational Base Unit RAAF]] - 12 December 1942 – 19 September 1946
*[[No. 107 Radar Station RAAF]] - 1 June 1942 – 11 September 1942
* [[No. 107 Radar Station RAAF]] - 1 June 1942 – 11 September 1942
*[[No. 108 Radar Station RAAF]] - 1 June 1942 – 11 September 1942
* [[No. 108 Radar Station RAAF]] - 1 June 1942 – 11 September 1942
* USAAF [[19th Operations Group|19th Bombardment Group]] [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|B-17 Flying Fortress]]
* USAAF [[19th Operations Group|19th Bombardment Group]] [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|B-17 Flying Fortress]]
:: HQ 19th Bomb Group assigned to [[Essendon Airport]], [[Melbourne]], Victoria
:: HQ 19th Bomb Group assigned to [[Essendon Airport]], [[Melbourne]], Victoria
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==Airlines and destinations==
==Airlines and destinations==
[[File:StateLibQld 1 121576 Aeroplane fuselage under construction, Cloncurry, ca. 1927.jpg|thumb|Aeroplane fuselage under construction, Cloncurry, ca. 1927 Brims Brothers Plywood Factory made the plywood which was used for construction of the aeroplane bodies by Qantas airlines in the 1920s.]]
[[File:StateLibQld 1 121576 Aeroplane fuselage under construction, Cloncurry, ca. 1927.jpg|thumb|Aeroplane fuselage under construction, Cloncurry, ca. 1927 Brims Brothers Plywood Factory made the plywood which was used for construction of the aeroplane bodies by Qantas airways in the 1920s.]]
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==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|World War II}}
* [[United States Army Air Forces in Australia]] (World War II)
* [[United States Army Air Forces in Australia]] (World War II)
* [[List of airports in Queensland]]
* [[List of airports in Queensland]]
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
{{AFHRA}}
*[http://www.pacificwrecks.com/provinces/australia_cloncurry.html Pacific Wrecks database]
*[http://www.pacificwrecks.com/provinces/australia_cloncurry.html Pacific Wrecks database]
*[http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/research/bases/cloncurry.htm RAAF Museum website]
*[http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/research/bases/cloncurry.htm RAAF Museum website]
* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}.
* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |edition= reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402}}
* Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN


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[[Category:Airports in Queensland]]
[[Category:Airports in Queensland]]
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[[Category:North West Queensland]]
[[Category:North West Queensland]]
[[Category:Queensland in World War II]]

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Latest revision as of 09:51, 10 February 2024

Cloncurry Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorCloncurry Shire Council
LocationCloncurry, Queensland
Elevation AMSL616 ft / 188 m
Coordinates20°39′55″S 140°30′23″E / 20.66528°S 140.50639°E / -20.66528; 140.50639
Map
YCCY is located in Queensland
YCCY
YCCY
Location in Queensland
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 1,157 3,796 Asphalt
12/30 2,000 6,562 Asphalt
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1]

Cloncurry Airport (IATA: CNJ, ICAO: YCCY) is an airport in Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia.

History

[edit]
QANTAS biplane at Cloncurry, 1923 Airco de Havilland DH.9C G-AUEF was acquired by QANTAS in 1923 for the Charleville - Cloncurry route. Pilot, Captain G. Matthews is on the left and Mr. A. N. Templeton is on the right.

Cloncurry Airport has been the focal point for many of Australia's greatest innovations. Cloncurry was involved with the beginnings of QANTAS, and the original QANTAS hangar is still in use at the aerodrome, where "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service" is still displayed above the hangar door.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service was founded there in 1928, now recognised the world over. The airport was also on route for early planes coming from overseas and a stopping place for contestants in the great air races of 1919 and 1934.

In the late 1930s (as early as 1938, as late as 1941), the KNILM service from Batavia (Jakarta) to Sydney, connecting at Batavia from Amsterdam on KLM, called at Cloncurry. On the way South, passengers spent the night, while on the way North, they had a luncheon in Cloncurry.[2]

In early 2022, Horizon Airways established a base in Cloncurry providing flight training for all initial and advanced training, as well as fixed wing charter flight services.[citation needed]

World War II

[edit]

Due to the strategic importance of Cloncurry aerodrome on the main Darwin–Sydney air route, the Royal Australian Air Force expanded the aerodrome during World War II. Intended to be a major airbase should the Empire of Japan have occupied New Guinea and Papua.

During the Second World War, Cloncurry Airport was the site of a major United States Army Air Forces air base in 1942. As the war moved north, the USAAF units located north to forward bases.

List of wartime military units based at Cloncurry Aerodrome

[edit]
HQ 19th Bomb Group assigned to Essendon Airport, Melbourne, Victoria
28th Bombardment Squadron, (28 March-5 May 1942)
Detachment operated from: Perth Airport, Perth, Western Australia, (28 March-18 May 1942)
30th Bombardment Squadron, (24 March-13 May 1942)
93d Bombardment Squadron, (29 March-18 May 1942)

Airlines and destinations

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Aeroplane fuselage under construction, Cloncurry, ca. 1927 Brims Brothers Plywood Factory made the plywood which was used for construction of the aeroplane bodies by Qantas airways in the 1920s.
AirlinesDestinations
Alliance Airlines Brisbane, Townsville
Mining charter: Cairns
QantasLink Mount Isa, Townsville

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ YCCY – Cloncurry (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "KNILM Timetable". airline timetable images. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

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