Taree Airport
Taree Airport (IATA: TRO, ICAO: YTRE) is an airport 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northeast of the city of Taree, New South Wales, Australia. Taree is on the Mid North Coast, less than a four-hour drive from Sydney. The airport no longer maintains any scheduled services. The airport provides the community with a range of services including emergency services, medical flights, private charters, private aircraft, and air mail/courier services.
The facility is also used for defence force training and the Manning River Aero Club.
Airport facilities
Taree is currently set to expand the airport to provide more facilities for pilots, businesses and airlines alike, This is also expected to boost the airports presence.
A number of businesses including aircraft manufacturers and fabricators, an aircraft restorer and a skydiving school are based at Taree Airport.
Airlines and destinations
FlyPelican operated services between Taree and Sydney until July 2022, when removal of government grants and rising fuel prices made the service unviable.
See also
References
- ^ Fiscal year 1 July – 30 June
- ^ YTRE – Taree (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 28 November 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 10 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Airport Traffic Data 1985-86 to 2010-11". Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). May 2012. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012. Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"
- ^ "Expansion project at Airport". City of Greater Taree. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ Greater Taree Council, Airport overview Archived 26 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "FLYPELICAN TAREE TO SYDNEY ROUTE SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY | NBN News". 29 July 2022.
External links
  | This New South Wales airport related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |