Lord Howe Island Airport | |||||||||||
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.jpg) Runway in 2016 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Lord Howe Island Board | ||||||||||
| Serves | Lord Howe Island Australia | ||||||||||
| Opened | September 1974 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 17 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°32′18″S 159°04′38″E / 31.53833°S 159.07722°E | ||||||||||
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Lord Howe Island Airport (IATA: LDH[2], ICAO: YLHI) is an airport providing air transportation to Lord Howe Island.[1] It is operated by the Lord Howe Island Board.[1] Prior to its opening in September 1974, Lord Howe Island was served by flying boats from Rose Bay Water Airport.[3] The pending cessation of flying boat operations prompted the NSW Government and the then Australian Department of Transport to engage the Australian Army Corps of Engineers to build a grass runway, thus allowing land-based aircraft to operate to the island.[4][5]
- ^ a b c YLHI – Lord Howe Island (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 10 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Airport information for Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia (LDH / YLHI) at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Wilson, Stewart (2002). The Story of the Rise and Fall of Ansett 1936-2002. Fyshwick: Aerospace Publications. ISBN 1875671579.
- ^ "Airport".
- ^ "Army builds Lord Howe Island airstrip DPR/TV/1604".