Mount Hotham Airport
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Operator | MHSC Transportation Services Pty Ltd. | ||||||||||
| Location | Cobungra,  Victoria,  Australia
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| Elevation AMSL | 4,260 ft / 1,298 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°02′51″S 147°20′03″E / 37.04750°S 147.33417°ECoordinates: 37°02′51″S 147°20′03″E / 37.04750°S 147.33417°E | ||||||||||
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Mount Hotham Airport (IATA: MHU, ICAO: YHOT) is a small Australian regional airport, which serves the Victorian ski resort of Mount Hotham. The airport opened in 2000, and it is Australia's highest-altitude airport.
One airline is looking to recommence services in 2015 with similar aircraft to those used by Qantaslink, but initially with fewer services.
On 8 July 2005, a Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain charter plane crashed into terrain while attempting to make a landing at the airport, killing the pilot and two passengers. Fragments of the aircraft were said to have dropped on the ground at the nearby alpine community of Cobungra.
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