Albury Airport

Albury Airport
Overview of the airport from the south-east
IATA: ABX ICAO: YMAY
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Albury City Council
Serves	Albury, New South Wales, Wodonga, Victoria
Elevation AMSL	539 ft / 164 m
Coordinates	36°04′06″S 146°57′30″E / 36.06833°S 146.95833°E / -36.06833; 146.95833Coordinates: 36°04′06″S 146°57′30″E / 36.06833°S 146.95833°E / -36.06833; 146.95833
Website	[1]
Map
YMAY Location in New South Wales
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 1,900 6,234 Asphalt
Statistics (FY 2015-16)
Passengers 244,458 Aircraft movements 7,646
Sources: AIP BITRE

Albury Airport (IATA: ABX, ICAO: YMAY) is a regional airport located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northeast Albury, New South Wales, Australia. The airport, which also serves Albury's adjacent sister city of Wodonga, Victoria was the fifth busiest in New South Wales as of 2016. The airport also hosts the official weather station for Albury-Wodonga.

Although the site had been laid out as an aerodrome since the late 1930s, it was not until 1963 that construction to allow regular passenger flights to Sydney and Melbourne was completed, with the first flights arriving on 16 December that year. The airport was officially opened by the Minister for National Development David Fairbairn on 13 September 1964.

The late 1970s and early 80s were a period of rapid growth at Albury airport, which benefited from expansion fuelled by the Albury-Wodonga National Growth Centre project. Upgrades to the runway were completed at this time to permit the operation of regional jet aircraft such as the Fokker F28. A control tower and new terminal were constructed and passenger numbers almost doubled between 1983 (82,000) and 1986 (160,000). The main carriers serving Albury at this time included East-West, Air NSW and Kendell Airlines. The airport funded further expansion with funds from landing and departure fees, levied at $1.50 per passenger.

Further extensions to the passenger terminal to incorporate new security screening facilities were completed in 2009 at a cost of around $5 million.

The airport is serviced twice daily by Virgin Australia who utilise 68-seat ATR-72s to Sydney; QantasLink who utilise a combination of 50 seat Dash 8-300s and 74 seat Dash 8-400s to Sydney; Regional Express (REX) who utilise 36 seat Saab 340s on services to Sydney and Melbourne. JETGO Australia introduced jet services to Brisbane in June 2016 using 36-seat Embraer ERJ-135LRs.