Taree Airport

Taree Airport (IATA: TRO, ICAO: YTRE) is an airport 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northeast[2] 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.

Taree Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OperatorMid-Coast Council
LocationTaree
Elevation AMSL38 ft / 12 m
Coordinates31°53′19″S 152°30′50″E
Websitewww.midcoast.nsw.gov.au
Map
YTRE is located in New South Wales
YTRE
YTRE
Location in New South Wales
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 1,504 4,934 Asphalt
12/30 564 1,850 Brown silt clay
Statistics (2010–11[1])
Passengers19,250
Aircraft movements3,518
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart.[2] Passengers and aircraft movements from BITRE.[3]

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.[4]

A number of businesses including aircraft manufacturers and fabricators, an aircraft restorer and a skydiving school are based at Taree Airport.[5]

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.[6]

See also

References
  1. Fiscal year 1 July – 30 June
  2. YTRE – Taree (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 2023-09-07, Aeronautical Chart Archived 10 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "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"
  4. "Expansion project at Airport". City of Greater Taree. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  5. Greater Taree Council, Airport overview Archived 26 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "FLYPELICAN TAREE TO SYDNEY ROUTE SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY | NBN News". 29 July 2022.


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