Which Aerodrome?

[S'land]

Thanks Keith. I am afraid that it was no great knowledge on my part. I happened to be browsing another forum recently and saw a similar hut with the name Sibu showing. As I had never heard of it I had to look it up and the details just stuck in my mind.

Here is the next challenge.

[sycamore]

Same part of the world ?

[S'land]

Not really, some considerable distance South East.

[evansb]

Most difficult.

[S'land]

OK, a few clues.

1)Airfield was built in 1942 as part of a group of dispersal fields.
2)Started out by having a 4,500 foot gravel runway which was later bituminised.
3)The field is now a housing estate (hardly a unique feature I fear).

[mr ripley]

Looks like it must be in Australia or New Zealand then

[AfgAirOps]

Aitkenvale Weir, Queensland, Australia?

Rgds
AAO

[S'land]

Ii is indeed Aitkenvale Weir in Queensland. Opened in 1942 it was abandoned as a dispersal field in case of invasion by the Japanese it was abandoned after the war.

AAO has control.

[AfgAirOps]

Thanks.....

The next one;



Rgds
AAO

[AfgAirOps]

Time for a clue....

The area this airport is in was first settled by gold prospectors.

Rgds
AAO

[twochai]

Time for a clue....

In the Canadian Northwest, perhaps?

[AfgAirOps]

Nope, sorry.

Quite a long way South of the Canadian North-West.

Rgds
AAO

[India Four Two]

How about NSW?

[AfgAirOps]

Not as far South as that

Rgds
AAO

[AfgAirOps]

Another clue....

The province / state where this airport is located also houses the majority of the largest 'floodable region' in the world.

Rgds
AAO

[Bigt]

South America?

[mr ripley]

Ok how about Cuiabá

[Max Tow]

Yes, the logo on the pole looks very like the Ifraero symbol (Brazilian airports authority)....

[AfgAirOps]

mr ripley is close.

Rgds
AAO

[mr ripley]

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