Mount Hotham Airport

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.

Mount Hotham Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OperatorMHSC Transportation Services Pty Ltd.
LocationCobungra,  Victoria,  Australia
Elevation AMSL4,260 ft / 1,298 m
Coordinates37°02′51″S 147°20′03″E
Map
YHOT is located in Victoria
YHOT
YHOT
Location in Victoria
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 1,460 4,790 Asphalt
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Airly[nb 1] Charter: Bankstown, Essendon[2]
  1. Aircraft leased from operator. Airly requires an initial subscription fee prior to flight booking.

QantasLink formerly served Mount Hotham with Bombardier Q200s from Sydney, but ceased flights after the airline reported heavy losses in 2011.[3]

Incidents and accidents

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 sub-alpine community of Cobungra.[4]

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