Operator Cessnock City Council Elevation AMSL 211 ft / 64 m 1,097 3,599 Phone +61 401 107 557 | Serves Cessnock 17/35 1,097 Code CES Owner Cessnock City Council | |
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Location Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia Address 455 Wine Country Dr, Pokolbin NSW 2320, Australia | ||
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Cessnock Airport (IATA: CES, ICAO: YCNK) is a civil airport located 6 km (4 mi) (by road) north of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia.
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History
Built by the Royal Australian Air Force in 1942 during World War II named as RAAF Base Pokolbin, as part of a system of parent and satellite aerodromes proposed throughout New South Wales. The aerodrome was known as RAAF Station Pokolbin. The aerodrome had two runways 5,000 by 160 ft (1,524 by 49 m) wide side by side.
The aerodrome was proposed to have the following satellite aerodromes, Glendon, Rothbury and Weston, however Rothbury and Weston do not appear to have been constructed.
Airport usage
Cessnock Airport is a popular Flight training aerodrome servicing Newcastle and Lower Hunter based pilots and students. It is usually considered so popular due to its large training area, which it shares with Maitland Airport and other Hunter Region aerodromes. It is home to two flight schools, Hunter Valley Aviation (a campus of Basair Aviation College, based in Bankstown NSW) and Achieve Aviation. The airport is also home to two helicopter charter companies; Slattery Helicopter Charter and Hunter Valley Helicopters which operate from the Eastern Apron. Early morning Hot air balloon flights are also conducted in close proximity to the aerodrome in the early hours of the day.