Jandakot Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Jandakot Airport Holdings | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Perth, Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 99 ft / 30 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°05′51″S 115°52′52″E / 32.09750°S 115.88111°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | JandakotAirport.com.au | ||||||||||||||||||
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Jandakot Airport (IATA: JAD, ICAO: YPJT) is a general aviation (GA) airport located in Jandakot, Western Australia, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-southwest of the "general aviation area of the Airport West precinct" at Perth Airport.[3][a] Jandakot airport opened in 1963. From 1 July 1998, Jandakot Airport Holdings purchased a 50-year lease with a 49-year option to operate and maintain the airport including its conservation areas.
Originally built on unproductive farm lands, it is now among residential suburbs in the south of the Perth metropolitan area, within the City of Cockburn, and just south of Leeming and west of Canning Vale.
Jandakot Airport is "the busiest general aviation airport in Australia in terms of aircraft movements".[4]: 2 The airport recorded 208,778 aircraft movements in the fiscal year ending 30 June 2018, making it the sixth-busiest civilian airport in Australia in that period as measured by aircraft movements.[1] The airport reported 275,506 aircraft movements in the fiscal year 2011, making it the busiest civilian airport in Australia in terms of aircraft movements in that financial year.[5] Jandakot Airport has a theoretical operating capacity of 526,000 aircraft movements per annum, which could be reached "within the 20-year planning horizon of" the 2014 Jandakot Airport Master Plan.[4]: 2
Tenants
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The airport provides a base for essential service organisations such as the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), Department of Environment and Conservation Forest and Bushfire Patrol, Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia (FESA) (now known as DFES) emergency helicopter and the WA Police Air Support. Jandakot is also an important training base for international and domestic airline pilots, with Singapore Airlines operating its own pilot training establishment (Singapore Flying College); and Advanced Cockpit Flight Training.
Over 65 businesses employing 900 people operate at what is Australia's largest GA airport. In addition to nine flying schools for both fixed wing and rotary operations, three flying clubs, large maintenance, avionics, spares, instruments, electrical, aircraft sales, banner towing, aerial survey and photographic businesses are present. These include Airflite, a large defence contractor and Fugro the world's largest aerial geophysical survey company. There are also a number of charter operators such as Penjet Aviation, Corsaire, Casair, and Brooks Airways - which provide flights for the fly-in fly-out staff of remote mining companies.
On the main road opposite the tower there is a memorial to Robin Miller, the "Sugarbird Lady", who as a nurse and later RFDS pilot brought vaccinations to remote Western Australian communities.
Natural environment
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Jandakot Airport covers 6.22 km2 (2.40 sq mi) with 4 km2 (1.5 sq mi) of Banksia woodlands; this includes 2.8 km2 (1.1 sq mi) of conservation reserve. Within the airport boundaries, 290 native flora species have been identified including the endangered Grand Spider Orchid (caladenia hueglii). Over 100 fauna species have also been identified. The Southern Brown Bandicoot and kangaroos can be seen feeding on the maintained areas of grassland around sunset most nights. Two sites of Aboriginal heritage land have been identified with the airport; both of these are included in the conservation reserve. These sites contain scattered small artifacts.
Relocation plans
[edit]On 15 June 2006, Jandakot Airport Holdings, after being bought out by property developer Ascot Capital Limited, announced a proposal to relocate the airport's operations to the southern outskirts of Perth, possibly to a site in the Shire of Murray near the city of Mandurah.[6] The proposal's success depends on the successful negotiation of a land swap arrangement with State and Commonwealth governments. The Jandakot Airport Chamber of Commerce and many users of Jandakot Airport were opposed to the relocation,[7] as were the residents of the proposed site but not the residents at its current site.[8]
Mark Vaile, the former Federal Minister for Transport, in December 2006 formally advised the leaseholders of Jandakot Airport that the Federal Government had effectively stopped any plans for the relocation of the airport for the foreseeable future.[9] Under the provisions of the Airports Act 1996 and the lease granted to Jandakot Airport Holdings, the leaseholders are to give priority to running the airport as an airport.
Jandakot City
[edit]In 2006, Ascot Capital Limited announced plans to develop 149 hectares (370 acres) of land around the airport, approved for non-aviation related development by the federal government. The project would provide up to 500,000 square metres (5,400,000 sq ft) of leasable space.[10] Harvey Norman confirmed that they will take up 20 hectares (49 acres), including 10,000 square metres (110,000 sq ft) of floorspace, in the first stage of Jandakot City.[needs update][11]
Accidents and incidents
[edit]On 26 April 2024, a VH-POR De Havilland Chipmunk crashed into sand paddocks surrounding the runway. The sole occupant, a 73-year old man, died of his injuries in hospital on 29 April.[12]
Flight-specific information
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This airport has three runways:
- 06L/24R, 1,392 m × 30 m (4,567 ft × 98 ft)
- 06R/24L, 1,150 m × 18 m (3,773 ft × 59 ft)
- 12/30, 1,508 m × 30 m (4,948 ft × 98 ft)
- Latitude: 32°05'51"S (−32.096667)
- Longitude: 115°52'52"E (115.881667)
- Elevation: 99 ft (30 m)
- Time Zone: UTC+8
Frequencies in use:
- Tower 1/CTAF(R): 118.1 (runway 12/30 and 06L/24R all departures except Armadale)
- Tower 2: 119.4 (runway 06R/24L departures to Armadale and circuits)
- Ground: 124.3
- ATIS: 128.65, 281
- PAL: 123.9
- NDB: 281
- RAS: 132.95
- Fuel: 129.9 (Air BP), 121.8 (Viva Energy)
See also
[edit]- Aviation transport in Australia
- List of airports in Western Australia
- List of busiest airports by aircraft movements
- Perth Airport
Notes
[edit]- ^ The General Aviation area of the western precinct at Perth Airport is about 700 metres (2,300 ft) north of terminals T3 and T4 that are planned to be moved to the eastern precinct for consolidation of all commercial air services around Airport Central Station.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Movements at Australian Airports – 2018 Financial Year Totals" (PDF). Airservices Australia. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ YPJT – Jandakot (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 11 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "General aviation sites - Airport West". Perth Airport. 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
There are three development-ready sites available for lease in the General Aviation area of the Airport West precinct. Offering prime airside access, they are suitable for hangars, charter or maintenance operations, catering facilities and other aviation-related use.
- ^ a b "Jandakot Airport Master Plan 2014" (PDF). Jandakot Airport Holdings. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Movements at Australian Airports" (PDF). Airservices Australia. June 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ "Jandakot Airport 'must be moved'". ABC News. 15 June 2006. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ Taylor, Nick (8 October 2006). "Airport move raises anger". Sunday Times. UK. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Airport relocation to be vigorously opposed" (PDF). Serpentine Jarrahdale Examiner. 7 September 2006. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ Barass, Tony (16 December 2006). "Airport relocation bid crash lands". The Australian. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "The place to be". Jandakot City. 2006. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ "Harvey Norman beds down at Jandakot City". Business News. 5 December 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ "Pilot dies after plane crash in small plane at Perth's Jandakot Airport". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
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