Port Keats Airfield

Airport in Wadeye, Northern Territory

YPKT

Location in the Northern Territory

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
16/34	1,410	4,626	Asphalt

Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart^[1]

Port Keats Airfield (IATA: PKT, ICAO: YPKT) is an airport at Wadeye, Northern Territory (Port Keats) in Australia.

World War II

During World War II, the airfield was used as an emergency landing ground for Royal Australian Air Force fighters and bombers returning from flying operations over the Netherlands East Indies.^[2]

References

^ YPKT – Port Keats (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 11 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ OzatWar website

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