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Heck Field
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Heck Field, also known as Jacobs Well Airfield (IATA: YHEC) is a small airfield in Norwell, on the northern outskirts of the City of Gold Coast, in Queensland. The privately owned and operated facility serves as a base for the Gold Coast Sports Flying Club and provides facilities for flight training and recreational aviation.
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Airport facilities and operations
[edit]Heck Field has two runways, with crushed gravel over grass surfaces measuring 700 m (2,300 ft) long by 10 m (33 ft) wide on runway 10/28 and 640 m (2,100 ft) by 15 m (49 ft) for runway 18/36, suitable for light-sport category aircraft. It is restricted to single-engine general aviation types and operates only during daylight hours. As an uncontrolled airport with a low volume of traffic, pilots are required to communicate via a Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF) shared with nearby Southport Airport to safely co-ordinate arrivals and departures.[1] The Jacobs Well VOR radio-navigation aid was located approximately 1 km (0.62 mi) north-west of the airfield prior to its decommissioning in May 2016.[2]
In addition to the Gold Coast Sports Flying Club, tenants at Heck Field include the Australian Pacific Aviation flight school[3] and formerly Foxbat Australia, the Australian dealer for Aeroprakt aircraft (now based at Albury Airport in New South Wales).[4] The airfield has been used as a filming location, with scenes from movies including San Andreas and Dora and the Lost City of Gold shot here.[5]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b YHEC – Heck Field (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 4 September 2025, Aeronautical Chart Archived 11 January 2024 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Navigation Rationalisation Project - Decommissioning List" (PDF). Airservices Australia. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "About Us". Australian Pacific Aviation. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "Our Story". Foxbat Australia. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "Movie Filming". Gold Coast Sports Flying Club. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
