Coconut Island Airport

Coconut Island
IATA: CNC – ICAO: YCCT
Summary
Airport type Private
Operator Torres Strait Island Regional Council
Location Coconut Island, Queensland, Australia
Elevation AMSL 10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates 10°03′S 143°04′E / 10.050°S 143.067°E / -10.050; 143.067Coordinates: 10°03′S 143°04′E / 10.050°S 143.067°E / -10.050; 143.067
Map
YCCT

Location in Queensland

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 720 2,362 Paved
Sources: Australian AIP[1]

Coconut Island Airport (IATA: CNC[2], ICAO: YCCT) is an airport located on Coconut Island (Poruma Island) in Queensland, Australia.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
West Wing Aviation Horn Island, Warraber Island, Yam Island, Yorke Island

Accident and incident

On 16 January 1999, Uzu Air Britten-Norman Islander VH-XFF was operating a passenger and cargo flight from Horn Island, NT with three passengers and one pilot, when on final approach the pilot noticed a vehicle was parked on the runway with nobody attending to it. The pilot initiated a go-around. Witnesses reported the aircraft entered a shallow climb before pitching sharply right and crashing into a tidal flat. The pilot and two passengers were killed. The surviving passenger was seriously injured.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ YCCT – Coconut Island (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 29 May 2014
  2. ↑ Accident history for CNC at Aviation Safety Network
  3. ↑ "Britten Norman Ltd BN-2A-26, VH-XFF". ATSB. 16 Jan 1999. Retrieved 7 May 2013.


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