Mount Hotham Airport

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Mount Hotham Airport
Hotham airport.jpg
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OperatorMHSC Transportation Services Pty Ltd.
LocationCobungra,  Victoria,  Australia
Elevation AMSL4,260 ft / 1,298 m
Coordinates37°02′51″S 147°20′03″E / 37.04750°S 147.33417°E / -37.04750; 147.33417Coordinates: 37°02′51″S 147°20′03″E / 37.04750°S 147.33417°E / -37.04750; 147.33417
Map
YHOT is located in Victoria
YHOT
YHOT
Location in Victoria
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 1,460 4,790 Asphalt
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1]

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.

Airlines and destinations[]

AirlinesDestinations
Airly[nb 1] Charter: Bankstown, Essendon[2]
QantasLinkSeasonal charter: Sydney
  1. ^ Aircraft leased from operator. Airly requires an initial subscription fee prior to flight booking.

QantasLink formerly served Mount Hotham with Bombardier Q200s from Sydney, but ceased flights after the airline reported heavy losses in 2011.[3]

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 sub-alpine community of Cobungra.[4]

Gallery[]

Images of the Mount Hotham Airport Terminal
  • The Mount Hotham Airport Check-In area in 2016.

    The Mount Hotham Airport Check-In area in 2016.

  • Mount Hotham Airport Terminal area as captured in 2016.

    Mount Hotham Airport Terminal area as captured in 2016.

  • Mount Hotham Airport Terminal as viewed from the apron in 2016.

    Mount Hotham Airport Terminal as viewed from the apron in 2016.

See also[]

  • List of airports in Victoria

References[]

  1. ^ YHOT – Mount Hotham (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 2 Dec 2021, Aeronautical Chart Archived 11 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Qantas in fight for life after 5000 jobs axed nationwide". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Aviation Safety Investigation Report 200503265 - Collision with terrain, Piper PA-31-350 VH-OAO at Mt Hotham". Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Department of Transport and Regional Services, Government of Australia. Retrieved 9 June 2007.


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