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Lightning Ridge Airport

airport in New South Wales, Australia
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Lightning Ridge Airport

Summary

Lightning Ridge Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lightning Ridge Airport is located in Lightning Ridge[3].
  • Lightning Ridge Airport is located in Walgett Shire[4].
  • Lightning Ridge Airport is in the country of Australia[5].
  • Lightning Ridge Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[6].
  • Lightning Ridge Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome[7].
  • Lightning Ridge Airport's instance of is recorded as aerodrome[8].
  • Lightning Ridge Airport's operator is recorded as Walgett Shire[9].
  • Lightning Ridge is named after Lightning Ridge Airport[10].
  • Lightning Ridge Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as LHG[11].
  • Lightning Ridge Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as YLRD[12].
  • Lightning Ridge Airport's located in time zone is recorded as Australia/Sydney[13].
  • Lightning Ridge Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -29.456666666667, 'lon': 147.985}[14].
  • Lightning Ridge Airport's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ps4j1[15].
  • Lightning Ridge Airport's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7668734[16].
  • Lightning Ridge Airport's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+161'}[17].
  • Lightning Ridge Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'lat': -29.4567, 'lon': 147.98399}[18].
  • Lightning Ridge Airport's Geographical Names Board of NSW ID is recorded as anqwZxtLGH[19].

Body

Geography

Lightning Ridge Airport is in the country of Australia[5]. Located in include Lightning Ridge[3], a town[20], in Australia[21] and Walgett Shire[4], a local government area of New South Wales[22], in Australia[23], founded in 1906[24].

Physical Characteristics

Lightning Ridge Airport's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+161'}[17].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include airport[6], commercial traffic aerodrome[7], and aerodrome[8].

History and Context

Lightning Ridge is named after Lightning Ridge Airport[10].

Why It Matters

Lightning Ridge Airport ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

Australia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . Geographical Names Register. wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Geographical Names Register. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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