Airstrip - WA

Vehicles parked at eastern end of runway - Hunt Oil Camp airstrip

Vehicles parked at eastern end of runway - Hunt Oil Camp airstrip

Hunt Oil Camp airstrip (Looking east)

Hunt Oil Camp airstrip (Looking east)

  Airstrip

Position

DEG: -26.0843 125.19595
DMS: 26º 05' 3.48" S 125º 11' 45.43" E
UTM: 51 J 7113129mN 719642mE
Altitude: 415.82m
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Description

Place Type

Infrastructure - Airstrip

Location

138.23kms West of Warburton
394.73kms NorthEast of Laverton
445.81kms SouthWest of Kiwirrkurra
490.3kms NorthEast of Leinster

Address & Contact

Southern Central Reserve
Western Australia
Phone: N/A
Email: N/A
Web: N/A

Information

This airstrip and camp were built to service the Hunt Oil Camp and support the extensive exploration exercise conducted between 1960-65.

Aeromagnetic surveys of the surrounding country were conducted from the strip in 1963

Orientation 42deg;.
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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Warburton at 22/06:00am WST
Distance from Airstrip 138.59km E
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
21.3°C23.3°C92%19.9°C1011.0hPa12.6mmNE9km/hr
5knots		13km/hr
7knots

Closest Climatic Station

Warburton Airfield
Distance from Airstrip 138.59km E
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C38.036.533.929.324.320.720.723.127.931.634.336.6
Mean Min. °C22.922.119.915.110.46.45.77.111.215.518.521.3
Mean Rain mm28.536.731.418.015.417.912.99.85.714.824.731.5

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