Airport type Private 11/29 1,460 Elevation 1,298 m | Elevation AMSL 4,260 ft / 1,298 m 1,460 4,790 Code MHU | |
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Operator MHSC Transportation Services Pty Ltd. Location Cobungra, Victoria, Australia | ||
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
One airline is looking to recommence services in 2015 with similar aircraft to those used by Qantaslink, but initially with fewer services.
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 alpine community of Cobungra.
References
Mount Hotham Airport Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA