Cessnock Airport
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{{Infobox airport
| location = Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia
| pushpin_label = YCNK
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| metric-rwy = Y
| name = Cessnock Airport
| image =
| IATA = CES
| ICAO = YCNK
| owner =Cessnock City Council
| operator = Cessnock City Council
| city-served =Cessnock
| elevation-f = 211
| coordinates = {{coord|32|47|18|S|151|20|30|E|region:AU-NSW|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = New South Wales
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in New South Wales
| website =
| r1-number = 17/35
| r1-length-m = 1,097
| footnotes = Sources: AIP{{AIP AU|YCNK|name=Cessnock}}
}}
Cessnock Airport {{airport codes|CES|YCNK}} is a civil airport located {{convert|6|km|abbr=on|0}} North of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia.
History
Built by the Department of Main Roads 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 and was constructed on Commonwealth grounds. The aerodrome had two runways {{convert|5000|by|160|ft|abbr=on}} wide side by side.{{cite web|title =Appendix F – World War II Aerodromes and Landing Grounds in NSW|publisher =NSW Heritage Office|url =http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/docs/aerodromes_appendices.pdf|access-date =13 April 2012|url-status =dead|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120321075851/http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/docs/aerodromes_appendices.pdf|archive-date =21 March 2012}}
Principal works undertaken with approximate quantities were: Clearing & grubbing – 148 ha; Earthworks – 3876 cu.m.; Formation & trimming – 277,306 sq.m.; Formation of taxiways – 6040 m; Gravelling of runways – 159,856 sq.m. Gravelling of taxiways and hideouts – 66,560 sq.m.; Tar surfacing – 115,315 sq.m.; and Pipe and stone drains – 4512 m.
After the war in 1948, the Aerodrome was renamed to Cessnock
Airport.{{cite report
| title = Airport Strategic and Business Plan
| date = 5 February 2020
| publisher = Cessnock City Council
| url = https://www.cessnock.nsw.gov.au/files/assets/public/v/2/hptrim/website-plans-strategies-do-not-change/airport-strategic-and-business-plan-_-final-reported-to-council-_-05-02-2020-_-ccc-website-doc.pdf
| access-date = 20 February 2025
}}
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. In 1992, the North - South airstrip was gifted by the Commonwealth to the airport. By 1999, the airport was operated by an independent lease. The council subsequently gained back ownership of Cessnock Airport in December 2011, which had stayed the same since.
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 flight schools, such as Phil Unicomb Aviation and Aerohunter Flight Training. The airport is also home to Wirraway Aviation Museum, 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.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{ASN|CES}}
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{{Airports in Australia}}
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{{Airports in New South Wales}}
{{Suburbs of City of Cessnock}}
{{Hunter Region places and items of interest}}
Category:Airports in New South Wales
Category:Airports established in 1942