Nth of YBDV
 

Hi, can anyone suggest an overnight stop location no more than say 150 - 200 nm nth of Birdsville?
A station with accom and the necessary food and bev. would be great.
Strip length not less than 1000mts.
Thanks everyone.:)

Maybe Boulia? From memory it's about 200nm nth of BDV. Don't know what accommodation available there though. Wouldn't want to go that way for a bit though unless you like ALOT of water!!

Boulia is about 150NM North of Birdsville. The Boulia Pub (Australian Hotel) has motel style accommodation at the back, as well as pub style accommodation upstairs. Good food too, and a 5-10 mins wlak from the airport.

Bedourie is about 100nm North of BDV. About a 10-15 min walk into town. best place to stay is the Simpson Desert Oasis motel. New, Clean and food and drink there too. .... DON'T stay at the pub! very ordinary.

Just south of Bedourie is GLENGYLE station.

NNW of Bedourie is Sandringham station.

dunno about staying at any of these places.

good luck.

North of BDV by about 350NM is Mt ISA!!!!!

It is not all that expensive to purchase an AOPA Airfield Directory which just about covers all the surrounding airstrips and properties with all the information that you need.
It is available in just about any pilot's shop. All the proprties that have airstrips up there just about guaranteed to have at least a 1000 meter runway with good enough surface to land a Citation.
What are you flying? I can put a Kingair down in less than 700 meters.

700 meters ?
 

Most piston engined aircraft will need about 1100 meters for takeoff in central Australia in the summer.

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At gross TOW, SL, nil wind and 40oC, I figure the V35B for a ground roll of 370M and 700M over a 50' obstacle - and Bonzas are not in any hurry to get off the ground!

Most places it will go in and out of 600 M pretty comfortably. I would not hesitate to take it into 1000 M.

Dr :8

I know what will eat it with the same pax/range load..............

But lets not stir up the Dr......he is planning a Lake trip...:}

J:E

YBDV
 

Thanks a lot for the input, Bedourie Simpson Desert Oasis Motel it is.
Rob seems to be a great bloke can't wait to have a beer with him.
:D

nth of B'vle
 

stirring again Owen...??:rolleyes:

sea level???
 

Dr
What's this sea level stuff? Alice Springs is 1800ft amsl, and you can find strips around here up to 2200ft amsl. Have a look at your charts for 40 degrees and 1800 ft amsl.
The Vtail bonanza I flew for a couple of years was quite good on takeoff. Like the King Air, it is quite a good bush aircraft.
I guess that was a while ago, so I just dug out a takeoff chart for a B36 I used to fly, to refresh my memory, and the normal takeoff chart only goes to a maximum of 100 degrees fahrenheight. At 100 degrees and 2000 ft amsl the takeoff distance required is 2700ft.
It does get over 40 degrees around here sometimes.
Not quite like living inside the J curve.

Heya Bushy! I wondered when you would spot that post.

I was working with the western "B's" - Birdsville (160ft) and Bedourie (300ft), although changing the numbers to 40oC and 2000' elevation only makes it 460M TO roll and 700M to 50' for the V35B.

This is kinda interesting cause I regularly take the FTDK into a 600M one-way, down-hill station airstrip north of Longreach - I would NEVER try it at MTOW and 40oC!

Dr :8

Hey Dr. What's the gradient of that strip? And is it down-hill or up-hill for landing?