Birdsville Airport — , Australia

Birdsville Airport sits in the far southwest corner of Queensland, Australia; the listing shows no separate municipality because the field sits right in Birdsville itself. The airfield rests at 159 feet above sea level and maintains two runways, a fairly generous setup for a town this remote. Birdsville lies deep in the Channel Country, one of the most sparsely populated parts of the Australian outback, near the edge of the Simpson Desert. Air access matters enormously here, since sealed roads are limited and distances to the nearest larger centers stretch for hundreds of kilometers. Coded BVI, the airport functions as a lifeline for residents, station owners, and visitors passing through this isolated stretch of western Queensland, where flying often beats driving.