A ROGUE bull kangaroo is creating havoc with aeroplanes landing at Bundaberg airport in south-eastern Queensland, with authorities preparing to shoot the animal.

The large Eastern Grey kangaroo has been hopping around the airport for two months, menacing landing aircraft and evading attempts to catch it.

The buck kangaroo began living at the airport with a couple of females, eating the grass growing on several patches of lawn adjacent to hangars and airport sheds.

The females have now been lured out through a fence, but a dog catcher failed to trap the male and already one attempt to shoot the animal has failed.

Virgin and Qantas both land either turbo prop jets or 20 to 40 seater aircraft at Bundaberg and pilots have been wary of hitting the animal when it has invaded the tarmac.

A male Eastern Grey can grow to 1.5 metres tall with a metre-long tail and can weigh up to 85kg.

Rogue kangaroos have been known to attack and wound people.

In January, a kangaroo created havoc at Melbourne Airport when it evaded airport workers.

It was the second kangaroo to make its way into the airport carpark.

On October 21 last year, a kangaroo made it to level five of the carpark before it was sedated by a ranger.

The last interloper was dubbed the "Qantas kangaroo" and cared for at a nearby shelter before being released back into the wild.

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