LHG

Lightning Ridge Airport

ICAO YLRD29.4529°S 147.9771°E165 m / 540 ftMedium airport
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Lightning Ridge Airport (IATA: LHG, ICAO: YLRD) is a medium airport in New South Wales, Australia. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,406 m (4,613 ft). It is operated by Walgett Shire.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
10/28110° / 290° · LIT
LENGTH1,406 m4,613 ftWIDTH18 m60 ftSURFACEAsphalt
04/22048° / 228° · LIT
LENGTH733 m2,405 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEGravel

Routes

1 destinations · 1 country
25 km50 km10 mi20 mi30 mi40 miWGE · Walgett Airport · 66 km / 41 miWGELHG

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LHG. From the Wikipedia article “Lightning Ridge Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,406 m4,613 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#7,711of 29,823 · #483 Oceania · #375 AUElevation165 m540 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=26,388of 43,341 · =882 Oceania · =528 AURunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =62 Oceania · =33 AU
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
CTAFCTAF126.700
FSSBRISBANE CNTR127.100