Mildura Airport
| Mildura Airport | |||||||||||||||
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 Overview of Mildura Airport | |||||||||||||||
| IATA: MQL – ICAO: YMIA | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Mildura Airport Pty Ltd. | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Mildura, Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 167 ft / 51 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°13′45″S 142°05′08″E / 34.22917°S 142.08556°ECoordinates: 34°13′45″S 142°05′08″E / 34.22917°S 142.08556°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.milduraairport.com.au | ||||||||||||||
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  YMIA Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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| Statistics (2010/11[1]) | |||||||||||||||
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Mildura Airport (IATA: MQL, ICAO: YMIA) is located 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) southwest[2] of Mildura, Victoria, Australia. It is the busiest regional airport in Victoria,[4] the 32nd busiest Australian airport[3] and has twice been named Australia's Rural Airport of the Year.[5]
During World War II it was taken over by the Royal Australian Air Force as RAAF Base Mildura.[6]
QantasLink (de Havilland Dash 8 400) and Regional Express (Saab 340) offer scheduled air services. Virgin Australia (Embraer ERJ-190) began the first scheduled jet service from 13 October 2008. It is also home to Cobden Air and the Mildura Aero Club.
Its terminal facilities underwent renovation in September 2012, a $6.4 million revamp by builders Mossop Construction + Interiors. This was completed to modernize the airport, as well as increase its passenger handling capabilities to support future air travel growth.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| QantasLink operated by Eastern Australia Airlines | Melbourne |
| Regional Express | Melbourne, Adelaide, Broken Hill, Sydney |
| Virgin Australia | Melbourne[7] |
Operations
| Rank | Airport | Passengers carried | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Victoria Melbourne | 196,721 |  1.0 |
Accidents and incidents
- On 18 June 2013, a Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 operating a flight from Brisbane to Adelaide with 91 passengers and crew on board diverted to Mildura due to heavy fog which had closed Adelaide airport. The flight carried enough fuel to allow roughly 30 minutes holding.[9] A Qantas 737 had also diverted to Mildura, arriving after the Virgin flight and radioed that they were running low on fuel. This was interpreted by the Virgin crew as an urgent situation and they allowed the Qantas flight to land ahead. With the airport's automated weather service unavailable and the visibility deteriorating, the Virgin flight conducted a missed approach and now critically low on fuel were forced to commit to an immediate emergency landing. Mildura airport is not equipped with an Instrument Landing System approach aid and the crew performed the landing without visual reference to the runway on the second attempt. The aircraft landed with 535 kg (1,179 lb) remaining fuel.[10]
- On 6th of November 2015, a Cessna crashed on approach into Mildura airport. The plane was on a trip from Moorabbin airport. The plane crashed into power lines setting it alight almost immediately, the pilot of the Cessna died at the scene.
See also
References
- 1 2 Fiscal year 1 July - 30 June
- 1 2 YMIA – Mildura (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 10 November 2016, Aeronautical Chart
- 1 2 "Airport Traffic Data 1985-86 to 2010-11". Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). May 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012. Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"
- ↑ Mildura Airport — Flights to Mildura
- ↑ Mildura Rural City Council - The Winner Is...Mildura
- ↑ "RAAF Base Mildura". RAAF Museum.
- ↑ "Virgin Blue adds regional Australian destination". Aviation Record. 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ↑ "Australian Domestic Airline Activity 2010-11". Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). May 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012. Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"
- ↑ Ellen Whinnett (18 July 2013). "Virgin plane had just 535kg of fuel when it made emergency landing at Mildura Airport". Herald Sun.
- ↑ "Aviation Occurrence Investigation AO-2013-100" (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2015. line feed character in
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