Pine Creek Airfield
Pine Creek Airfield was an emergency landing ground at Pine Creek, Northern Territory, Australia during World War II.
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| Location | Pine Creek, Northern Territory | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°49′30.69″S 131°50′43.64″E | ||||||||||
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  Pine Creek Airfield Location of airport in Northern Territory | |||||||||||
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Civil airfield extended by B Company and HQ Detachment of the 808th Engineer Aviation Battalion between 11 May 1942 to 16 July 1942. The runway was 6,000 ft × 100 ft (1,829 m × 30 m) wide.
Due to housing development and road and railway construction, the runway length has now been decreased to about 700 m (2,300 ft), with a gravel surface.
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