Everything about Jandakot Western Australia totally explained
Jandakot is a southern suburb of
Perth,
Western Australia, located within the
City of Cockburn local government area. It is best known for its small
airport.
History
Jandakot was originally named from Lake Jandakot, which was renamed lake Forrestdale in 1973. Maps of the Swan River Colony produced in the early 1830s show a lake of vast extent situated south west of
Kelmscott. The original discoverer remains unknown but, in February 1833,
Surveyor-General Septimus Roe found the size of the lake had been greatly exaggerated. The lake became well known as a watering place on the original track between the
Canning River and
Pinjarra and in 1844 its Aboriginal name was recorded as
Jandacot by surveyor
J.W. Gregory. During subsequent years the name was recorded variously as
Jandicott,
Jandakoot and
Jandakott but the spelling eventually adopted was
Jandakot. The Aboriginal meaning of the word is said to be "place of the Whistling Eagle."
Geography
It is bounded to the north by the
Roe Highway,
Kwinana Freeway to the west, Johnston Road to the east and to the south by Fraser Road, Jandakot Road, Solomon Road and Armadale Road. The northeastern boundary of the suburb is also the municipal boundary of the
City of Melville and the eastern boundary is the municipal boundary of the
City of Canning.
Jandakot Airport
Jandakot is best known for
Jandakot Airport located within it. Jandakot Airport serves pilot testing and domestic plane flights. It is the busiest secondary airport in Australia. A popular feature is the cafe that overlooks the runway. The airport was opened in 1963 and has almost perfect weather all year round.
A land development company is keen to redevelop the land occupied by Jandakot Airport in exchange for a new airport more than 70km from many airport customers. Naturally there's stiff opposition from the aviation community . The afformentioned land development company received a further setback in 2006 when the then Minister for Transport wrote advising them that the airport was to be operated in its current location and in accordance with their lease from the Federal Government. This will include major re-development of the airside facilities including a new parallel 12/30 runway.
Climate
Jandakot gets the comfortable climate of the Perth area with cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers. Summer weather can get as high as 110F, winter weather gets cool temperatures around 60F.
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