Port Macquarie Airport
Airport in New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Port Macquarie Airport (IATA: PQQ, ICAO: YPMQ) is an airport in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. The airport is 2.25 nautical miles (4.17 km; 2.59 mi) west[2] of the city centre and is owned and managed by the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council on behalf of its owners - the constituents of the Hastings. The ownership is not to be confused with the Port Macquarie Airport Proprietary Limited. The airport had 222,534 revenue passengers, the 32nd busiest in Australia, and 4,821 aircraft movements in 2017–2018.[3]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Port Macquarie-Hastings Council | ||||||||||
| Serves | Port Macquarie, New South Wales | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Eastern Air Services | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 15 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°26′09″S 152°51′48″E | ||||||||||
| Website | https://www.portmacquarieairport.com.au | ||||||||||
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Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Eastern Air Services | Lord Howe Island |
| QantasLink | Brisbane, Sydney |
| Rex Airlines | Sydney |
Historically a number of airlines have flown to the airfield. These include: -Virgin Australia -JetGo -Bonza -Ansett Australia -Hazelton Airlines -Kendell Airlines -East-West Airlines -FlyPelican -Brindabella Airlines
Virgin Australia
On 4 February 2008, Virgin Blue (now Virgin Australia) commenced direct scheduled services between Sydney and Port Macquarie. The flights operated daily in the morning. The service used to be operated by an Embraer E-170 aircraft, and was the first scheduled jet service for the airport. Connections were offered to all major Australian cities via Sydney. An increase to twice-daily service commenced 4 August 2008.[4]
Competition by Virgin resulted in a significant drop in fare prices for the Port Macquarie - Sydney route, where Qantas previously operated a monopoly after Hazelton Airlines ceased services in 2001.[5]
On 28 July 2011, Virgin Australia (in partnership with Skywest Airlines) announced its intention to commence a daily Brisbane to Port Macquarie service from October 2011. On 19 October 2011, Virgin Australia's ATR 72 departed on its first flight to Brisbane. The airline also announced that, as a result of the removal of Embraer 170 aircraft from its fleet, Sydney to Port Macquarie services would also be operated by ATR72 aircraft.[6][7]
Both routes have since been withdrawn due to the removal of ATR72 aircraft from the Virgin Australia fleet in 2020.
Aircraft operations
| Rank | Airport | Passengers | % change | Carriers |
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| 1 | Sydney | no data yet | no data yet | Rex, QantasLink |
| 2 | Brisbane | no data yet | no data yet | QantasLink |
| 3 | Canberra | no data yet | no data yet | FlyPelican |
| 4 | Lord Howe Island | no data yet | no data yet | Eastern Air Services |
Connections to Brisbane (via Coffs Harbour) by Brindabella Airlines ceased 31 December 2010, citing poor loads on the route.[9] Despite this, Virgin Australia entered the route on 19 October 2011 as a daily service with their ATR72 aircraft.[7]
Statistics
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Annual passenger traffic at PQQ airport.
See Wikidata query.
See also
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