Airports / Australia / HCQ
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
120 nm
To the nearest alternate
Fitzroy Crossing Airport (FIZ).
Overview
Located in Australia, Halls Creek Airport (YHLC / HCQ) operates as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 1,346 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
HCQ has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Fitzroy Crossing Airport (FIZ, 120 nm), East Kimberley Regional (Kununurra) Airport (KNX, 159 nm), and RAAF Base Curtin (DCN, 223 nm).
Quotes for flights out of HCQ vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from HCQ, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
YHLC
IATA
HCQ
FAA / Local
YHLC
Elevation
1,346 ft
Coordinates
18.2339° S · 127.6700° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Australia fields
state range 7–4,260 ft
At 1,346 ft, HCQ sits higher than 87% of the 191 Australia fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 120nmFIZFitzroy Crossing Airport
- 159nmKNXEast Kimberley Regional (Kununurra) AirportKununurra
- 223nmDCNRAAF Base CurtinDerby
- 227nmAU-0796Nackeroo Airfield
- 235nmDRBDerby AirportDerby
- 262nmPKTPort Keats AirportWadeye
Location
Open the full mapYHLC · Halls Creek Airport