Coconut Island Airport

Coconut Island
Coconut Island
	IATA: CNC; ICAO: YCCT;
Summary
Airport type	Private
Operator	Torres Strait Island Regional Council
Location	Coconut Island, Queensland, Australia
Elevation AMSL	10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates	10°03′00.5″S 143°04′16.5″E / 10.050139°S 143.071250°ECoordinates: 10°03′00.5″S 143°04′16.5″E / 10.050139°S 143.071250°E
Map
	YCCT Location in Queensland
Runways
	Sources: Australian AIP

Coconut Island Airport (IATA: CNC^[2], ICAO: YCCT) is an airport located on Coconut Island (Poruma Island) in Queensland, Australia.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Skytrans Airlines	Horn Island, Warraber Island, Yam Island, Yorke Island

Accident and incident

On 16 January 1999, Uzu Air Britten-Norman Islander VH-XFF was operating a passenger and cargo flight from Horn Island, NT with three passengers and one pilot, when on final approach the pilot noticed a vehicle was parked on the runway with nobody attending to it. The pilot initiated a go-around. Witnesses reported the aircraft entered a shallow climb before pitching sharply right and crashing into a tidal flat. The pilot and two passengers were killed. The surviving passenger was seriously injured.^[3]

References

^ YCCT – Coconut Island (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 2022-09-22
^ Accident history for CNC at Aviation Safety Network
^ "Britten Norman Ltd BN-2A-26, VH-XFF". ATSB. 16 January 1999. Retrieved 7 May 2013.

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[AIP-1] YCCT – Coconut Island (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 2022-09-22

[2] Accident history for CNC at Aviation Safety Network

[3] "Britten Norman Ltd BN-2A-26, VH-XFF". ATSB. 16 January 1999. Retrieved 7 May 2013.

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Coconut Island Airport

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Airlines and destinations

Accident and incident

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