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Airport
Code	YPPH
Name	Perth
Region	Asia and Pacific
Territory	Australia
Location	Redcliffe
Elevation	20.421600 m67 ft
Coordinates	31° 56' 35" S, 115° 57' 50" E
All Airports in Y	YBBN, YBCG, YBMK, YBSU, YDBY, YEML, YLHR, YMHB, YMLT, YMML, YMOR, YNPE, YORG, YPDN, YPGV, YPKG, YPKU, YPLM, YPPH, YPXM, YSNF, YSSY, YSTW

Runways
Designator Length Width Surface 3/21 3444 m11,299.213 ft 45 m147.638 ft ASP 6/24 2163 m7,096.457 ft 45 m147.638 ft ASP

METAR
Observation	YPPH 211830Z 36004KT CAVOK 07/06 Q1023
Station	Belmont Perth Airport
Elevation	29 metres
Date/Time	21 May 2013 18:30:00
Wind direction	360°
Wind speed	04 kts
Clouds	clouds and visibility OK
Clouds code	CAVOK
Temperature	7°C
Dew point	6°C
Humidity	93%
QNH	1023 hPa
Weather condition	n/a

WX
Tag(s)	Cumulonimbus

Perth International Airport

ICAO: YPPH IATA: PER

Description

Perth Airport is an Australian domestic and international airport located south of Guildford, Western Australia, and is the major commercial airport servicing Western Australia's capital city, Perth.

Climatology

Dry-summer subtropical ”Mediterranean" climate (Köppen climate classification Csa) - characterized by hot, dry summers and mild winters. During the summer, subtropical high pressure cells dominate, making rainfall unlikely except for the occasional thunderstorm. In the winter, periodic storms bring rain.

Maps

Terrain

Airport Layout

Flight Safety Considerations

• Cumulonimbus, is a heavy and dense cloud of considerable vertical extent in the form of a mountain or huge tower, often associated with heavy precipitation, lightning and thunder. The mature Cumulonimbus cloud has a distinctive flat, anvil shaped top.

Accidents & Serious Incidents at or in vicinity of YPPH

• B738, Perth Western Australia, 2010 (RI AGC HF) (On 24 February 2010, a Garuda Boeing 737-800 misunderstood the runway exit instruction issued during their landing roll at Perth and turned onto an intersecting active runway. An expeditious exit from this runway followed and no actual conflict resulted. The phraseology used by air traffic control was open to incorrect interpretation by the flight crew and led to their premature turn off the landing runway despite a prior briefing on exit options.)
• PAY4, Perth Western Australia, 2012 (RI HF AGC) (Whilst a light aircraft was lined up for departure, a vehicle made an incorrect assumption about the nature of an ambiguously-phrased ATC TWR instruction and proceeded to enter the same runway. There was no actual risk of conflict since, although LVP were still in force after earlier fog, the TWR controller was able to see the vehicle incursion and therefore withhold the imminent take off clearance. The subsequent Investigation noted that it was imperative that clearance read backs about which there is doubt are not made speculatively in the expectation that they will elicit confirmation or correction.)