Alpha hits on a good point.
This airfield can only become viable if AsA and CASA can design airspace and approaches to make it work safely. They must consider existing airspace and all potential users. This process starts with an understanding of traffic volume and flow, and that information is currently nonexistent because there is no current requirement. If Wellcamp was planned to be an ALA in class G airspace there would be no problem; but 767s don't operate to ALAs and there is no military controlled airspace to the ground where the mines built their strips.
Despite airy posts to the contrary this airfield will have a major effect on defence flying ops based at Oakey and Amberley, and will effectively close Toowoomba. There is no GA park planned for Wellcamp.
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PR is all about providing a community service, this project is about making money for Wagners, probably in servicing the Surat basin. I would be a lot more positive if the onus was not on us as taxpayers to make it work.