Coconut Island Airport
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Coconut Island | |||||||||||
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IATA: CNC – ICAO: YCCT | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
Operator | Torres Strait Island Regional Council | ||||||||||
Location | Coconut Island, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 10 ft / 3 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||
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Location in Queensland | |||||||||||
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Coconut Island Airport (IATA: CNC[2], ICAO: YCCT) is an airport located on Coconut Island (Poruma Island) in Queensland, Australia.
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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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
- ↑ YCCT – Coconut Island (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 3 March 2016
- ↑ Accident history for CNC at Aviation Safety Network
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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