Chinchilla Airport
airport in Queensland, Australia
Chinchilla Airport (IATA: CCL, ICAO: YCCA) is an airport serving Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia.
The airport is served by 2–3 weekday charter flights to Taroom and Brisbane operated by Skytrans Airlines with De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100 aircraft.
History
Work commenced on the Chinchilla Aerodrome in 1967. Land for the facility was resumed in March and construction completed later that year. The first aircraft landed at the airport on 26 October 1967 and the facility was opened by Reginald Swartz two days later on 28 October 1967. The facility was initially opened with a gravel runway, which was later sealed in 1987.
Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) operated services from the airport from around its opening until the end of 1973.
The public source identifies “Chinchilla Airport” as airport in Queensland, Australia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Chinchilla, Airport and airport.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3275017. Authority coordinates are -26.769, 150.617. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1967, 1987 and 1973.
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