# Leigh Creek Airport (LGH / YLEC)

**Leigh Creek Airport** (IATA: LGH, ICAO: YLEC) is a medium airport in South Australia, Australia. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,710 m (5,610 ft). It is operated by Outback Communities Authority.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LGH / YLEC
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Outback Communities Authority
- Serves: South Australia, Australia
- Elevation: 261 m / 856 ft
- Coordinates: -30.5983, 138.4260
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,710 m / 5,610 ft
- Time zone: UTC+10:30/+9:30 · Australia/Adelaide
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Creek_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14327
- Weather station: YLEC
- Ident: YLEC

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 1,710 m / 5,610 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 121° / 301° | yes |
| 02/20 | 1,219 m / 3,999 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Asphalt | 030° / 210° |  |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Charter (1)

- [ADL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypad.md) Adelaide International Airport · Australia · 484 km / 301 mi · Sharp Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- SH [Sharp Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sharp-airlines) · 1 · charter

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,710 m / 5,610 ft | =5,189 of 29,858 | #219 in Oceania | #149 in AU |
| Elevation | 261 m / 856 ft | =20,309 of 43,403 | =668 in Oceania | =349 in AU |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania | =33 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| FSS | MELBOURNE CNTR | 121.200 |
| UNIC | LEIGH CREEK UNICOM | 126.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [YNPU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ynpu.md) Nepabunna Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [YBLM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yblm.md) Blinman Airport · 65 km / 40 mi
- [YWHI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ywhi.md) Witchelina Airport · 71 km / 44 mi
- [YWPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ywpa.md) Wirrealpa Airport · 79 km / 49 mi
- [LCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yblc.md) Balcanoona Airport · 88 km / 54 mi
- [YWEO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yweo.md) Wertaloona Airport · 89 km / 55 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Leigh Creek Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh_Creek_Airport&oldid=1363053263), 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/ylec/data