# Walcha Airport (WLC / YWCH)

**Walcha Airport** (IATA: WLC, ICAO: YWCH) is a small airport in New South Wales, Australia. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,575 m (5,167 ft).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WLC / YWCH
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: New South Wales, Australia
- Elevation: 1,154 m / 3,786 ft
- Coordinates: -31.0095, 151.5474
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,575 m / 5,167 ft
- Time zone: UTC+11/+10 · Australia/Sydney
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walcha_Airport (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21923983
- Ident: YWCH

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 1,575 m / 5,167 ft |  |  |  |  |
| 13/31 | 854 m / 2,801 ft |  |  |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,575 m / 5,167 ft | #6,044 of 29,858 | #326 in Oceania | #240 in AU |
| Elevation | 1,154 m / 3,786 ft | =3,893 of 43,403 | #166 in Oceania | #4 in AU |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania | =33 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 125.750 |
| MISC | MISC | 115.000 |
| MISC | MISC | 122.800 |
| MISC | MISC | 119.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [AU-0779](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0779.md) Walcha Farm Airstrip · 13 km / 7.8 mi
- [YHCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yhct.md) Heathcote Emergency Airport · 28 km / 17 mi
- [AU-0258](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0258.md) Uralla Private strip? · 38 km / 24 mi
- [AU-0780](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0780.md) Wilson's Creek Farm Airstrip · 40 km / 25 mi
- [YKEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ykel.md) Kelvin Station Airport · 40 km / 25 mi
- [YMSO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymso.md) Mount Sandon Airport · 44 km / 28 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)
- [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/ywch/data