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World War II Adelaide River RAAF Airstrip - NT

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World War II Adelaide River RAAF Airstrip

World War II USAAF Airstrip

Airstrip

Position

DEG: -13.24669 131.133194

DMS: 13º 14' 48.08" S 131º 07' 59.5" E

UTM: 52 L 8534597mN 731144mE

Altitude: 48.89m

Place Type

Infrastructure - Airstrip

Location

93.08kms South of Darwin - Driving 116 km (1 hour 19 mins)

Address & Contact

Margaret River NT 0822

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

This Airstrip is no longer visible, it's also on Mt Bundy Station , It was built by the Allied Works Council , 1941, there were 2 Landing strips , 1 was running North West/South East, and the cross strip was North/South, The airstrip was only an E.L.G and could only be used in the dry season, the only visible signs today are two 44 gallon drums used as end markers.

PlaceID	85287

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Batchelor at 02/10:00am CST

Distance from World War II Adelaide River RAAF Airstrip 24.34km NW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
26.3°C	23.5°C	51%	15.4°C	1013.5hPa	0.0mm	ESE	24km/hr 13knots	32km/hr 17knots

Closest Climatic Station

Batchelor Aero

Distance from World War II Adelaide River RAAF Airstrip 24.34km NW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	32.7	32.2	32.8	33.7	32.7	31.2	31.8	33.3	36.0	36.8	35.3	33.8
Mean Min. °C	24.0	23.8	23.4	21.6	18.8	16.5	16.3	17.0	20.6	23.0	23.9	24.1
Mean Rain mm	306.7	360.7	258.9	101.8	24.6	0.5	0.2	2.8	6.6	68.5	133.9	268.0