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Airport type
  
Public

16/34
  
1,406

Code
  
CMD

Elevation AMSL
  
1,110 ft / 338 m

1,406
  
4,613

Cootamundra Airport

Operator
  
Cootamundra Shire Council

Location
  
Cootamundra, New South Wales

Address
  
Cootamundra NSW 2590, Australia

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Cootamundra Airport (IATA: CMD, ICAO: YCTM) is a small airport in Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia. The airport is also the venue for the annual GTR Challenge and Drag Battle motorsport event.

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History

With the implementation of an airmail service between Australia and Britain, owing to its location on the main railway line midway between Sydney and Melbourne and proximity to Canberra, Cootamundra was chosen as the southern terminus. The airfield became the initial base for Butler Air Transport, established as an airmail contractor in 1934 to operate a section of the route between Cootamundra and Charleville, providing connection to QANTAS services between Brisbane and Darwin. The company relocated its base to Sydney in 1938 following the withdrawal of the airmail contract.

RAAF Station Cootamundra

Cootamundra was chosen as a station for No. 1 Air Observers School and No. 2 Recruit Depot during the Second World War. Numbers 60 and 73 Squadrons also operated from the base. Following the cessation of hostilities the airfield reverted to civilian use.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 25 June 2001, an Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante operated by Airtex Aviation on a charter flight from Sydney to Griffith suffered an engine fire en route. Believing the fire to be extinguished after taking initial action, the pilot elected to land at Young Airport. On finding Young under fog, the pilot diverted to Cootamundra. Between the towns, the aircraft cabin filled with smoke from the fire which had flared up again in the engine nacelle. During the emergency landing, only the aircraft's right main landing gear extended and the aircraft skidded to a stop on grass next to the runway. The pilot and all 8 passengers evacuated safely, however the investigation revealed delays in the emergency response to the accident, including an Ambulance that was initially unable to access the airfield as the emergency gate was locked.

    • References

    Cootamundra Airport Wikipedia
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