Camden Airport (Sydney)

Camden Aerodrome
IATA: CDU ICAO: YSCN
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Camden Airport Limited
Location	Camden, New South Wales
Elevation AMSL	230 ft / 70 m
Coordinates	34°02′24″S 150°41′12″E / 34.04000°S 150.68667°E / -34.04000; 150.68667Coordinates: 34°02′24″S 150°41′12″E / 34.04000°S 150.68667°E / -34.04000; 150.68667
Website	www.camdenairport.com.au
Map
YSCN Location in Sydney
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 1,464 4,803 Asphalt 10/28 723 2,372 Grass
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft movements 104,510
Source: AIP and Movements at Australian Airports from Airservices Australia

Camden Airport (IATA: CDU, ICAO: YSCN) is an aerodrome located on the outskirts of Sydney 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northwest of Camden, New South Wales, Australia. The airport is located approximately 60 km (37 mi) from Sydney's central business district. Camden is used as a general aviation overflow airport for the busier Bankstown Airport; and provides facilities for gliding and ballooning. The aerodrome has one grass- and one paved runway and two glider airstrips. It is in the south-west corner of the designated Sydney flight training area.

A racecourse owned by prominent local grazier Arthur Macarthur-Onslow originally occupied the site of the Camden aerodrome. The shooting of the film Silks and Saddles at the track involved an Avro 504K biplane piloted by Edgar Percival landing on the set, and the occasion led to Macarthur-Onslow's sons Edward, Denzil and Andrew displaying a keen interest in aviation. By 1935, the Macarthur-Onslow family owned several aircraft including a de Havilland Hornet Moth and a Comper Swift which they stored in a shed on the property. The boys established the Macquarie Grove Flying School on the property in 1938, however the operations of the school would be wound back significantly when Edward Macarthur-Onslow, now responsible for Macquarie Grove Aerodrome and the associated flying school, offered the facility to the government following the outbreak of war.