# Julia Creek Airport (JCK / YJLC)

**Julia Creek Airport** (IATA: JCK, ICAO: YJLC) is a small airport in Queensland, Australia. It has one runway, 1,402 m (4,600 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Shire of McKinlay.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JCK / YJLC
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Shire of McKinlay
- Serves: Queensland, Australia
- Elevation: 123 m / 404 ft
- Coordinates: -20.6683, 141.7230
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,402 m / 4,600 ft
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Australia/Brisbane
- Website: http://www.mckinlay.qld.gov.au/web/guest/councilservices/airport.shtml
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Creek_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6306328
- Ident: YJLC

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 1,402 m / 4,600 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 107° / 287° | yes |

## Routes

4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [RCM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yrmd.md) Richmond Airport · Australia · 145 km / 90 mi · Rex Airlines
- [ISA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybma.md) Mount Isa Airport · Australia · 232 km / 144 mi · Rex Airlines
- [HGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yhug.md) Hughenden Airport · Australia · 261 km / 162 mi · Rex Airlines
- [TSV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybtl.md) Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville · Australia · 550 km / 342 mi · Rex Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from JCK, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- ZL [Rex Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rex-airlines) · 4

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,402 m / 4,600 ft | =7,734 of 29,858 | =490 in Oceania | =382 in AU |
| Elevation | 123 m / 404 ft | =28,955 of 43,403 | =1,026 in Oceania | #626 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 123.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [YTKS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ytks.md) Toorak Research Station Airport · 42 km / 26 mi
- [AU-0594](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0594.md) Beeantha station airstrip · 64 km / 40 mi
- [YMCK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymck.md) Mckinley Airport · 81 km / 50 mi
- [ERQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yese.md) Elrose Airport · 82 km / 51 mi
- [YGDV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ygdv.md) Galdeville Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [YMLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymll.md) Millungera Airport · 92 km / 57 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: “Julia Creek Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Julia_Creek_Airport&oldid=1366250981), revision of 27 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/yjlc/data