Aeroplanes began landing in Dubbo in the 1920s, though it wasn't until 1935 that land was purchased for an official airport. During World War II, the airport was reconstructed to be a military airport. The airport runway was redone by the Department of Civil Aviation in 1969, and a terminal was opened in 1970. The Dubbo City Council accepted ownership of the airport on 1 July 1970. The airport has been used for scheduled, charter, and freight services since then.[citation needed]
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 935 ft (285 m) above sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 05/23 measuring 1,708 m × 45 m (5,604 ft × 148 ft) and 11/29 measuring 1,067 m × 18 m (3,501 ft × 59 ft).[2]
At Dubbo Airport there is a concern of animal and bird strikes. There has been an accident near the airport in July 2009 where a small aerobatic plane crash landed in a paddock near the airport.[citation needed]
In April 2010, it was found that the PIN to access the secure areas of the airport such as the tarmac was taped to the gate above the keypad. This was deemed "not acceptable" by Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese. Despite this security breach, the airport managed to pass a security audit in 2009.[10]
Controversy
In February 2013, Dubbo City Council (DCC) announced that it would screen all passengers and bags boarding Regional Express and QantasLink aircraft, after QantasLink announced it would introduce the Dash-8 Q400 to the route.[11] DCC would also charge Regional Express (REX) more than $300,000 per year for the screening, which REX sees as subsidising QantasLink, after DCC claimed to the Deputy Premier, Andrew Stoner, that it is required under the Air Transport Safety Regulations (ATSR) and that it is inflexible.[11][12][13] REX hit back at the claims that screening was necessary, pointing out that Albury and Wagga Wagga airports allow parallel departures under the ATSR and at Mildura, passengers are screened at no extra cost.[13][14] REX lodged an official complaint against DCC with the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission over the screening charge.[15]
The Mayor of Dubbo, Mathew Dickerson, stated that the council wouldn't back down on the screenings and also stating that "I don't want to be the mayor when a Dubbo plane hits the Harbour Bridge because passengers were not screened".[16] REX announced that would refuse to pay any security screening costs and is planning to re-deploy aircraft used on the Dubbo–Sydney route.
On 14 March 2013, REX announced that it could cut the weekly services, in response to DCC decision to charge for screening, on the Dubbo–Sydney route from 82 to 73 flights from April 2013 and re-deploying its Dubbo–Sydney aircraft for the Wagga Wagga to Sydney route.[17]
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Dubbo City Regional Airport IATA DBO 4 ICAO YSDU is a regional airport in Dubbo Australia 2 The airport is located 2 nautical miles 3 7 km 2 3 mi northwest of Dubbo and is operated by the Dubbo City Council 2 It is also known as Dubbo Airport or Dubbo City Airport Dubbo City Regional AirportDubbo City AirportView of the airport terminalIATA DBOICAO YSDUSummaryAirport typePublicOperatorDubbo City CouncilServesDubbo New South Wales AustraliaElevation AMSL935 ft 285 mCoordinates32 13 00 S 148 34 30 E 32 21667 S 148 57500 E 32 21667 148 57500 Coordinates 32 13 00 S 148 34 30 E 32 21667 S 148 57500 E 32 21667 148 57500Websitewww dubboairport com au MapYSDULocation in New South WalesRunwaysDirection Length Surfacem ft05 23 1 708 5 604 Asphalt11 29 1 067 3 501 AsphaltStatistics 2010 11 1 Revenue passengers176 821Aircraft movements6 899Sources Airservices Australia 2 BITRE 3 Aerial view of the airport Departure lounge at Dubbo Airport post refurbishment Check in area at Dubbo Airport post refurbishment Contents 1 History 2 Facilities 3 Airlines and destinations 4 Incidents 5 Controversy 6 Statistics 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory EditAeroplanes began landing in Dubbo in the 1920s though it wasn t until 1935 that land was purchased for an official airport During World War II the airport was reconstructed to be a military airport The airport runway was redone by the Department of Civil Aviation in 1969 and a terminal was opened in 1970 The Dubbo City Council accepted ownership of the airport on 1 July 1970 The airport has been used for scheduled charter and freight services since then citation needed Facilities EditThe airport resides at an elevation of 935 ft 285 m above sea level It has two asphalt paved runways 05 23 measuring 1 708 m 45 m 5 604 ft 148 ft and 11 29 measuring 1 067 m 18 m 3 501 ft 59 ft 2 Airlines and destinations EditAirlinesDestinationsAir LinkBourke Lightning Ridge Walgett 5 FlyPelicanBallina 6 Cobar 7 Newcastle 8 Link AirwaysBrisbane 9 Melbourne Essendon 9 QantasLinkSydneyRex AirlinesBroken Hill SydneyIncidents EditAt Dubbo Airport there is a concern of animal and bird strikes There has been an accident near the airport in July 2009 where a small aerobatic plane crash landed in a paddock near the airport citation needed In April 2010 it was found that the PIN to access the secure areas of the airport such as the tarmac was taped to the gate above the keypad This was deemed not acceptable by Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese Despite this security breach the airport managed to pass a security audit in 2009 10 Controversy EditIn February 2013 Dubbo City Council DCC announced that it would screen all passengers and bags boarding Regional Express and QantasLink aircraft after QantasLink announced it would introduce the Dash 8 Q400 to the route 11 DCC would also charge Regional Express REX more than 300 000 per year for the screening which REX sees as subsidising QantasLink after DCC claimed to the Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner that it is required under the Air Transport Safety Regulations ATSR and that it is inflexible 11 12 13 REX hit back at the claims that screening was necessary pointing out that Albury and Wagga Wagga airports allow parallel departures under the ATSR and at Mildura passengers are screened at no extra cost 13 14 REX lodged an official complaint against DCC with the Australian Competition amp Consumer Commission over the screening charge 15 The Mayor of Dubbo Mathew Dickerson stated that the council wouldn t back down on the screenings and also stating that I don t want to be the mayor when a Dubbo plane hits the Harbour Bridge because passengers were not screened 16 REX announced that would refuse to pay any security screening costs and is planning to re deploy aircraft used on the Dubbo Sydney route On 14 March 2013 REX announced that it could cut the weekly services in response to DCC decision to charge for screening on the Dubbo Sydney route from 82 to 73 flights from April 2013 and re deploying its Dubbo Sydney aircraft for the Wagga Wagga to Sydney route 17 Statistics EditDubbo Airport was ranked 34th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2018 2019 3 Annual passenger and aircraft statistics for Dubbo 3 Year 1 Revenue passengers Aircraft movements2001 02 104 197 15 8 8 686 8 2 2002 03 107 576 3 2 8 916 2 6 2003 04 128 560 19 5 10 236 14 8 2004 05 152 943 19 0 10 550 3 1 2005 06 155 805 1 9 10 826 2 6 2006 07 171 026 9 8 10 294 4 9 2007 08 189 883 11 0 9 470 8 0 2008 09 173 032 8 9 7 397 21 9 2009 10 171 339 1 0 6 627 10 4 2010 11 176 821 3 2 6 899 4 1 2018 19 199 193 7 481See also EditList of the busiest airports in Australia List of airports in New South WalesReferences Edit a b Fiscal year 1 July 30 June a b c d YSDU DUBBO PDF AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia effective 2022 09 22 a b c Airport Traffic Data Bureau of Infrastructure Transport and Regional Economics BITRE October 2019 Retrieved 20 October 2019 Refers to Regular Public Transport RPT operations only Dubbo Airport DBO YSDU Aviation Safety Network AIR LINK AND FLYPELICAN BRINGING FLIGHTS BACK TO WESTERN NSW Australian Aviation 27 August 2019 Retrieved 20 October 2019 Liu Jim FlyPelican adds seasonal Ballina Dubbo service from late August 2020 Routesonline Retrieved 13 August 2020 Liu Jim FlyPelican adds Cobar service from late Sep 2019 Routesonline Retrieved 2 October 2019 FlyPelican launches Newcastle Dubbo service Australian Aviation Retrieved 11 May 2016 a b Flights from Dubbo to Brisbane and Melbourne announced Retrieved 12 July 2018 Alison Rehn and David Barrett 10 April 2010 Dubbo airport PIN taped to security gate The Daily Telegraph a b Clutterbuck Angela 7 February 2013 Rex angst over airport screenings The Daily Liberal Retrieved 14 March 2013 Calls to relax airport security ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation 13 February 2013 Retrieved 14 March 2013 a b Dubbo City Council reportedly lied to NSW Deputy Premier PDF 14 February 2013 Regional Express Retrieved 14 March 2013 Clutterbuck Angela 7 February 2013 It s fairly simple to run parallel departure systems Rex The Daily Liberal Retrieved 14 March 2013 REX complains to ACCC over Dubbo airport plan ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation 25 February 2013 Retrieved 14 March 2013 Saad Abanob 20 February 2013 Security stoush The Daily Liberal Retrieved 14 March 2013 REX Redeploys Dubbo Services PDF Regional Express 14 March 2013 Retrieved 14 March 2013 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dubbo City Regional Airport Dubbo City Regional Airport at Dubbo City Council site Dubbo Aero Club Images of airport terminal at Australian Monitor sitePortals New South Wales Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dubbo City Regional Airport amp oldid 1123538848, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
