# Giles Airport, Warakurna, Australia

**Giles Airport** is a small airport in Warakurna, Western Australia, Australia. It opened in 1956. It has one runway, 1,600 m (5,249 ft) long.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ygls

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Warakurna, Western Australia, Australia
- Opened: 1956 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 177 m / 579 ft
- Coordinates: -25.0437, 128.2960
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,600 m / 5,249 ft
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Australia/Perth
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Airport (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28942993
- Ident: YGLS

## Timeline

- 1956: Giles Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 1,600 m / 5,249 ft |  |  |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,600 m / 5,249 ft | =5,810 of 29,858 | =288 in Oceania | =206 in AU |
| Elevation | 177 m / 579 ft | =25,788 of 43,403 | #856 in Oceania | #502 in AU |
| Age | Opened 1956 | =4,178 of 15,079 | =91 in Oceania | =42 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 120.500 |
| MISC | MISC | 121.850 |
| MISC | MISC | 132.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [YWAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ywax.md) Wanarn Airport · 80 km / 49 mi
- [DKV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ydvr.md) Docker River Airport · 86 km / 53 mi
- [YJUK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yjuk.md) Tjukurla Airport · 87 km / 54 mi
- [YBSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybsr.md) Blackstone Airport · 105 km / 65 mi
- [YJAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yjam.md) Jameson Airport · 109 km / 68 mi
- [YWMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ywmo.md) West Musgrave Airport · 128 km / 79 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Giles Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giles_Airport&oldid=1363039342), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/ygls/data