Miles Airport

{{Short description|Airport in Queensland, Australia}}

{{Use Australian English|date=April 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{More citations needed|date=May 2014}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Miles Airport

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| image = File:Miles Airport Terminal, Queensland, 2023, 06.jpg

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| caption = Miles Airport Terminal, 2023

| IATA = WLE

| ICAO = YMLS

| type = Public

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| city-served = Miles, Queensland, Australia

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| elevation-f = 1,492

| coordinates = {{coord|26|48|33|S|150|09|54|E|region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Queensland

| pushpin_label = WLE

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of the airport in Queensland

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| r1-number = 05L/23R

| r1-length-m = 1,600

| r1-surface = Asphalt

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| footnotes = Sources:,{{GCM|WLE}} STV{{STV|8556009|Miles Airport}}

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Miles Airport or Aerodrome {{airport codes|WLE|YMLS}} is an airport serving the small towns of Miles and Condamine, and surrounding rural residents in Queensland, Australia.

The airport is located along the Leichhardt Highway approximately {{convert|19|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of the Leichhardt and Warrego Highway intersection, Miles, Queensland, and {{convert|14|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of the Leichhardt Highway and Roma-Condamine Road intersection, Condamine, Queensland.{{Cite web|title=Miles Airport Airport Map & Diagram (Miles, Queensland) [YMLS/YMLS]|url=http://flightaware.com/resources/airport/YMLS/map|access-date=2021-06-23|website=FlightAware|language=en}}

The aerodrome underwent a major expansion in 2013 to meet the Fly-in fly-out needs of the coal seam gas industry in that region (Coalbed methane),{{cite web|url=https://www.lngworldnews.com/australia-upgraded-miles-airport-resumes-operations/|title=Australia: Upgraded Miles Airport Resumes Operations|publisher=LNG World News|date=October 28, 2013|access-date=January 5, 2018}} and is capable of taking aircraft with 50 to 74 seats. The runway is 1,590 meters long{{Cite web|title=WLE - Miles [Miles Aerodrome], Qld, AU - Airport - Great Circle Mapper|url=http://www.gcmap.com/airport/WLE|access-date=2021-06-23|website=www.gcmap.com}} and 30 meters wide.