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Cambridge Aerodrome

Coordinates: 42°49′36″S 147°28′30″E / 42.82667°S 147.47500°E / -42.82667; 147.47500
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This article is about the aerodrome in Tasmania, Australia. For the airport in Britain, see Cambridge Airport.
Cambridge Aerodrome

Hobart/Cambridge Aerodrome
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorPar Avion
LocationHobart, Tasmania, Australia
Elevation AMSL67 ft / 20 m
Coordinates42°49′36″S 147°28′30″E / 42.82667°S 147.47500°E / -42.82667; 147.47500
Map
YCBG is located in Tasmania
YCBG
YCBG
Location in Tasmania
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 1,116 3,661 Asphalt
14/32 884 2,900 Asphalt
12/30 1,200 3,937 Asphalt
Sources: AIP[1]

Cambridge Aerodrome (ICAO: YCBG), also known as Cambridge Airport, is a minor airport located in Cambridge, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is located only a few kilometres from the primary airport, Hobart International Airport.

Cambridge has been the primary site of aeronautics in Hobart from its opening in the 1920s.[citation needed] In July 1934 the federal government compulsorily acquired 190 acres (77 ha) of land from a local farmer to establish an aerodrome on the current site.[2] It served as Hobart's main airport until the International Airport opened in 1956. Today it is the base of Par Avion, which specialises in day trips and scenic flights around Hobart and the South West Wilderness of Tasmania, and also the Aeroclub of Southern Tasmania as well as Heli Resources, a Helicopter Company focusing on aerial work and flights in Antarctica

Accidents and incidents

A tourist plane taking off from Cambridge Airport, Hobart, Tasmania
Main article: 1946 Australian National Airways DC-3 crash

On 10 March 1946 a Douglas DC-3 aircraft operated by Australian National Airways departed from Cambridge Aerodrome with a crew of 4 and 21 passengers for Essendon Airport. Less than 2 minutes after take-off the aircraft crashed at Seven-Mile Beach, killing all on board. At the time it was Australia's worst civil aviation accident.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ YCBG – Hobart/Cambridge (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024
  2. ^ "CAMBRIDGE AERODROME SITE: Suit Against the Commonwealth". The Mercury (Hobart). 26 March 1936.
  3. ^ The Canberra Times - 12 March 1946, p.2 Retrieved 2011-10-03
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