Airports / Australia / LGH
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
59 nm
To the nearest alternate
Marree Airport (RRE).
Overview
Leigh Creek Airport, listed as YLEC / LGH, is a mid-sized airport in Australia. The field lies at an elevation of 856 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
LGH has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Marree Airport (RRE, 59 nm), Port Augusta Airport (PUG, 120 nm), and Whyalla Airport (WYA, 155 nm).
Quotes for flights out of LGH vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from LGH, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
YLEC
IATA
LGH
FAA / Local
YLEC
Elevation
856 ft
Coordinates
30.5983° S · 138.4260° 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 856 ft, LGH sits higher than 73% 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.
- 59nmRREMarree Airport
- 120nmPUGPort Augusta Airport
- 155nmWYAWhyalla AirportWhyalla
- 160nmPPIPort Pirie Airport
- 178nmBHQBroken Hill AirportBroken Hill
- 201nmTYBTibooburra Airport
Location
Open the full mapYLEC · Leigh Creek Airport