Mangalore Airport (Victoria)
Mangalore Airport (ICAO: YMNG) is located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) west[1] Mangalore, Victoria, Australia. The airport is about 2 hours north of Melbourne by road, and is home to the Helicopter Pilot College, Kestrel Aviation and Moorabbin Aviation Services (Mangalore Campus).
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Mangalore Airport Pty Ltd | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Mangalore, Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 467 ft / 142 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°53′18″S 145°11′03″E | ||||||||||||||
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It was established in 1939 for training Royal Australian Air Force pilots. In 1947 it became a civil airfield and until 1970 it was an alternative for Essendon Airport.[2]
From November 2007 to April 2009, the airport was home to the Australian Airline Pilot Academy (AAPA) owned by Regional Express Airlines.[3] AAPA relocated to Wagga Airport, New South Wales in 2009.
In June 2017 Moorabbin Aviation Services Pty Ltd established a campus at Mangalore Airport where they undertake pilot training of international students. One of their major clients being China Southern Airlines, training their airline cadets.
Accidents and incidents
- On 29 December 1948, an empty Australian National Airways Douglas DC-3 from Launceston crashed short of the runway after diverting from Essendon. The aircraft was badly damaged but the crew was unhurt.[4]
- On 31 October 1954, the first Vickers Viscount aircraft delivered to Australia crashed on take-off for a training flight only days after its arrival in Australia, killing 3 of the 7 people on board.[5][6]
- On 19 February 2020 a Piper PA-44-180 and a Beechcraft D95A collided mid-air resulting in four fatalities,[7] the wreckage of the PA-44-180 landed to the south of the Hume Freeway and the Beech D95A to the north.
See also
References
- YMNG – Mangalore (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 05 Nov 2020, Aeronautical Chart Archived 10 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- "New airport at Mangalore to open soon". The Argus. 28 May 1947. p. 29.
- "REX TO CONSTRUCT PILOT ACADEMY AT WAGGA WAGGA". Regional Express Holdings Limited. 18 February 2009.
- "Amazing Escape When Airliner Crashes". The Daily News. 29 December 1948. p. 1.
- "Viscount Crashes" The Argus - 1 November 1954, p.1 (National Library of Australia) Retrieved 2012-07-01
- "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
- Eddie, Rachel; Sakkal, Paul; Fox Koob, Simone (19 February 2020). "'Tragedy': Four dead after two planes crash in mid-air over central Victoria". The Age. Retrieved 24 February 2020.