Orange Airport


Orange Regional Airport is located in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales between the city of Orange and the town of Blayney. It is located in the area known as Huntley, near Spring Hill and approximately from Orange's business district.

Facilities

At an elevation of above sea level, the airport is Australia's third-highest airport, behind Mount Hotham Airport and Armidale Airport. It has two runways: 11/29 with an asphalt surface measuring and 04/22 with a grassed red clay surface measuring.

Terminal upgrade and airport extension

As part of a larger upgrade to the airport, the old terminal building was closed on 21 September 2013 and demolished in the following weeks. Construction of the new terminal was estimated to cost A$3.3 million. A two-year project to extend the airport's main runway by commenced around the same time, and was completed in 2015.
In August 2014, the airport's new terminal opened, which featured dedicated departures and arrivals areas; room for facilities for three airlines; a cafe and a conveyor belt system. The terminal has no security screening, meaning that despite the improvements to the airport's runways, aircraft with over 50 seats remain unable to offer services from the airport.

Airlines and destinations

Other airport users

Orange Aero Club

Originally established in the 1930s, the Orange Aero Club is a social and flying club based at the airport. The club hosts regular flying competitions and fly-aways from its new building, the Max Hazelton Aero Centre, named after the founder of Hazelton Airlines.

Flight training

There are a small number of flying schools based at the airport accommodating training in both fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft.

Statistics

Orange Airport was ranked 53rd in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2010-2011.