Mount Hotham Airport
| Mount Hotham Airport | |||||||||||
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| IATA: MHU – ICAO: YHOT | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Operator | MHSC Transportation Services Pty Ltd. | ||||||||||
| Location |
Cobungra, .svg.png){kind=small} Victoria,  Australia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,260 ft / 1,298 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°02′51″S 147°20′03″E / 37.04750°S 147.33417°ECoordinates: 37°02′51″S 147°20′03″E / 37.04750°S 147.33417°E | ||||||||||
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  YHOT Location in Victoria | |||||||||||
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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
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Qantas Airways[nb 1] | Seasonal: Sydney |
- ↑ This service did not run during the 2014 season due to (forecast) lack of demand. (Source: Qantas Booking Information, 13 13 13, called 2014-09-02.)
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.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ YHOT – Mount Hotham (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 29 May 2014, Aeronautical Chart
- ↑ "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 2007-06-09.
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