Mount Hotham Airport

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Mount Hotham Airport
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Summary
Airport typePrivate
OperatorMHSC Transportation Services Pty Ltd.
LocationCobungra, Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria, Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Elevation  AMSL 4,260 ft / 1,298 m
Coordinates 37°02′51″S147°20′03″E / 37.04750°S 147.33417°E / -37.04750; 147.33417 Coordinates: 37°02′51″S147°20′03″E / 37.04750°S 147.33417°E / -37.04750; 147.33417
Map
Australia Victoria location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
YHOT
Location in Victoria
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
11/291,4604,790 Asphalt
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart [1]

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.

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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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References

  1. YHOT – Mount Hotham  (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia , effective 2023-03-23, Aeronautical Chart Archived 11 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Deals | Airly | Save thousands on your next private jet trip". Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  3. "Qantas in fight for life after 5000 jobs axed nationwide". Herald Sun. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  4. "Aviation Safety Investigation Report 200503265 - Collision with terrain, Piper PA-31-350 VH-OAO at Mt Hotham". Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Department of Transport and Regional Services, Government of Australia . Retrieved 9 June 2007.