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Parkes Regional Airport

airport in New South Wales, Australia
Place airport Q17574
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Parkes Regional Airport

Summary

Parkes Regional Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Parkes Regional Airport is located in New South Wales[3].
  • Parkes Regional Airport is located in Parkes Shire[4].
  • Parkes Regional Airport is in the country of Australia[5].
  • Parkes Regional Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[6].
  • Parkes Regional Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome[7].
  • Parkes Regional Airport is operated by Parkes Shire[8].
  • Parkes Regional Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as PKE[9].
  • Parkes Regional Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as YPKS[10].
  • Parkes Regional Airport's located in time zone is recorded as Australia/Sydney[11].
  • Parkes Regional Airport's runway is recorded as 04/22[12].
  • Parkes Regional Airport's runway is recorded as 11/29[13].
  • Parkes Regional Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -33.13166666666667, 'lon': 148.2344444}[14].
  • Parkes Regional Airport's official website is recorded as https://www.parkes.nsw.gov.au/living-here/your-community/airport/[15].
  • Parkes Regional Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Parkes[16].
  • Parkes Regional Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as park[17].
  • Parkes Regional Airport sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+320'}[18].
  • Parkes Regional Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'lat': -33.1314, 'lon': 148.239}[19].
  • Parkes Regional Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+8236'}[20].
  • Parkes Regional Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+7302'}[21].
  • Parkes Regional Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+7585'}[22].
  • Parkes Regional Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+7525'}[23].
  • Parkes Regional Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+5623'}[24].
  • Parkes Regional Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+6132'}[25].
  • Parkes Regional Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+6439'}[26].
  • Parkes Regional Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+7023'}[27].

Body

Geography

Parkes Regional Airport is in the country of Australia[5]. Located in include New South Wales[3], a state of Australia[28], in Australia[29], founded in 1788[30] and Parkes Shire[4], a local government area of New South Wales[31], in Australia[32].

Physical Characteristics

Parkes Regional Airport sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+320'}[18].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Parkes Regional Airport ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Related Entities

Australia

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . World Airport Traffic Report. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Geographical Names Register. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Geographical Names Register. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . World Airport Traffic Report. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Geographical Names Register. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . World Airport Traffic Report. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . store.aci.aero. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . bitre.gov.au. bitre.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . bitre.gov.au. bitre.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . bitre.gov.au. bitre.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . bitre.gov.au. bitre.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . bitre.gov.au. bitre.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . bitre.gov.au. bitre.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . bitre.gov.au. bitre.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . bitre.gov.au. bitre.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . 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. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Brookschofield · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place served by transport hub → Parkes, park
    State of use → in use
    Instance of → airport, commercial traffic aerodrome
    Country → Australia
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P856]]: https://www.parkes.nsw.gov.au/living-here/your-community/airport/, Add Australian English to official website ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/4e2cc155aab"
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