WGE

Walgett Airport

ICAO YWLG30.0328°S 148.1260°E134 m / 439 ftMedium airport
On the map

Walgett Airport (IATA: WGE, ICAO: YWLG) is a medium airport in New South Wales, Australia. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,626 m (5,335 ft). It is operated by Walgett Shire.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Walgett
05/23058° / 238° · LIT
LENGTH1,626 m5,335 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt
18/36191° / 011° · LIT
LENGTH1,153 m3,783 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEGrass

Routes

2 destinations · 1 country

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

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,626 m5,335 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=5,694of 29,823 · #276 Oceania · #196 AUElevation134 m439 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=28,269of 43,341 · =983 Oceania · =596 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