# Walgett Airport (WGE / YWLG)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WGE / YWLG
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Walgett Shire
- Serves: New South Wales, Australia
- Elevation: 134 m / 439 ft
- Coordinates: -30.0328, 148.1260
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,626 m / 5,335 ft
- Time zone: UTC+11/+10 · Australia/Sydney
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walgett_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17597
- Ident: YWLG

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 1,626 m / 5,335 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 058° / 238° | yes |
| 18/36 | 1,153 m / 3,783 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Grass | 191° / 011° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [LHG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ylrd.md) Lightning Ridge Airport · Australia · 66 km / 41 mi · Air Link
- [DBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ysdu.md) Dubbo City Regional Airport · Australia · 247 km / 153 mi · Air Link

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- DR [Air Link](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-link) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,626 m / 5,335 ft | =5,697 of 29,858 | #276 in Oceania | #196 in AU |
| Elevation | 134 m / 439 ft | =28,303 of 43,403 | =988 in Oceania | =596 in AU |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania | =33 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 127.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [LHG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ylrd.md) Lightning Ridge Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [CNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycnm.md) Coonamble Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [BWQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybrw.md) Brewarrina Airport · 126 km / 79 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: “Walgett Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Walgett_Airport&oldid=1363086903), 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/ywlg/data