However, on 16 January 2009, suffering the effects of lower demand and ore prices as a result of the global financial crisis, these plans were scrapped as Rio's capital expenditure program was cut.[3]
The strategic location of the planned airport has been chosen also to handle the expansions at the Brockman minesite, by Pilbara Iron.
price, airport, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, july, 2012,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Tom Price Airport news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message Tom Price Airport IATA TPR ICAO YTOM is an airport near Tom Price in the Pilbara region of Western Australia 2 It has a short dirt runway capable of handing small general aviation aircraft and light turboprops Tom Price AirportIATA TPRICAO YTOMSummaryAirport typePublicOwnerPilbara IronLocationTom Price Western AustraliaElevation AMSL2 300 ft 701 mCoordinates22 44 46 S 117 52 08 E 22 74611 S 117 86889 E 22 74611 117 86889MapYTOMLocation in Western AustraliaRunwaysDirection Length Surfacem ft09 27 760 2 493 DirtSources DAFIF 1 In December 2008 Rio Tinto lodged an application with the Shire of Ashburton to upgrade the runway and facilities to handle Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 size aircraft This was planned to ease traffic at Paraburdoo Airport and allow tourists to access the nearby Karijini National Park However on 16 January 2009 suffering the effects of lower demand and ore prices as a result of the global financial crisis these plans were scrapped as Rio s capital expenditure program was cut 3 The strategic location of the planned airport has been chosen also to handle the expansions at the Brockman minesite by Pilbara Iron See also editList of airports in Western Australia Aviation transport in AustraliaReferences edit Airport information for TPR at Great Circle Mapper Tom Price Airport Info Retrieved 6 August 2008 Rio Tinto shelves Tom Price Hammersley Range Airport Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 16 January 09 External links editAirservices Aerodromes amp Procedure ChartsPortals nbsp Western Australia nbsp Aviation nbsp nbsp This Western Australian airport related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tom Price Airport amp oldid 1124696769, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
