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Lightning Ridge Airport

airport in New South Wales, Australia
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Summary

Lightning Ridge Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 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 is operated by 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 coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': -29.456666666667, 'longitude': 147.985}[13].
  • Lightning Ridge Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+161'}[14].
  • Lightning Ridge Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'latitude': -29.4567, 'longitude': 147.98399}[15].

Body

Geography

Lightning Ridge Airport is in the country of Australia[5]. Located in include Lightning Ridge[3], a town[16], in Australia[17] and Walgett Shire[4], a local government area of New South Wales[18], in Australia[19], founded in 1906[20].

Physical Characteristics

Lightning Ridge Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+161'}[14].

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 (3 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Australia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [20] ↑ . 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. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Lightning Ridge, Walgett Shire
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': -29.456666666667, 'longitude': 147.985}
    Named after → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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