# Sandford Airstrip, Weddell, Australia

**Sandford Airstrip** is a small airport in Weddell, Northern Territory, Australia. It opened in 1942. It closed in 1942. It is operated by Royal Australian Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0499

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Australian Air Force
- Serves: Weddell, Northern Territory, Australia
- Opened: 1942
- Closed: 1942
- Coordinates: -12.6075, 131.0538
- Time zone: UTC+9:30 · Australia/Darwin
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sattler_Airfield (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7426542
- Weather station: YPDN · WMO 94120
- Ident: AU-0499

## Timeline

- 1942: Sandford Airstrip opens.
- 1942: Sandford Airstrip closes.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =47 in Oceania | =31 in AU |

## Nearby airports

- [YMKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymkt.md) Emkaytee (Unlic) Airport · 0.3 km / 0.2 mi
- [AU-0424](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0424.md) Lachlan E Purkis Memoral Airfield · 9.8 km / 6.1 mi
- [AU-0570](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0570.md) Middle Point Research Station Airstrip · 28 km / 17 mi
- [YPME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypme.md) Palmer Airport · 28 km / 18 mi
- [DRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypdn.md) Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin · 28 km / 18 mi
- [AU-0141](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0141.md) Gerald Farm Airfield · 33 km / 21 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0499/data