Christmas Creek Airport guide

Graeme Rowley Aerodrome is a private airstrip in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It sits about 10 km northwest of Fortescue's Christmas Creek iron ore mine, north of the Fortescue Marsh, and carries the IATA code CKW and the ICAO code YCHK. It is separate from Christmas Creek Airport (CXQ), a public strip on a Kimberley cattle station, so the two should not be confused when planning travel.

Fortescue owns and operates the aerodrome, which is named after Graeme Rowley, a former Fortescue director. It is not open to the public. Flights carry mine personnel on a fly-in fly-out basis, and no scheduled public airline service operates here. Access is restricted to authorised Fortescue workers and contractors, and members of the public cannot book flights, park or hire a car at the site.

The airfield has one asphalt runway, 09/27, 2,500 m long. It lies at an elevation of 443 m above sea level.