Esperance Airport

Esperance Airport
Esperance Airport
	The airport terminal, 2018
	IATA: EPR; ICAO: YESP;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Esperance Shire Council
Serves	Esperance, Western Australia
Location	Gibson, Western Australia
Elevation AMSL	470 ft / 143 m
Coordinates	33°40′59″S 121°49′30″E / 33.68306°S 121.82500°E
Map
	YESP Location in Western Australia
Runways
	Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart

Esperance Airport (IATA: EPR, ICAO: YESP) is an airport in Esperance, Western Australia. The airport is 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) northwest^[1] of the city, near the locality of Gibson.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Rex Airlines	Perth^[2]

Qantas and Virgin Australia Regional Airlines previously operated flights from Esperance to Perth.

Incidents

On 13 May 1980, a Skywest Swearingen Metro II experienced a failure of its right engine at low altitude whilst approaching Esperance Airport during a scheduled passenger flight, forcing the pilot to execute an emergency landing in a nearby field. The single crewmember and all eleven passengers on board evacuated the aircraft before it was destroyed in a fire.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b YESP – Esperance (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart
^ "Rex named as preferred tenderer for two WA govt contracts".
^ "1980 Sykwest accident at the Aviation Safety Network". Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2011.

External links

Media related to Esperance Airport at Wikimedia Commons

Esperance Airport – official website
Airservices Aerodromes & Procedure Charts

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[AIP-1] YESP – Esperance (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart

[2] "Rex named as preferred tenderer for two WA govt contracts".

[3] "1980 Sykwest accident at the Aviation Safety Network". Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2011.

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Airlines and destinations

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See also

References

External links