Barwon Heads Airport

is a small airfield specifically for light aircraft located near the township of Barwon Heads, Australia in Connewarre, Australia [http://www.barwonair.com.au/contact.html] It is primarily used for scenic flights,private aircraft and flight training [http://www.barwonair.com.au/train_frame.html] .

The airport has remained small and undeveloped until recently, where development is soon to commence. In early 2008, a local council permit was given to construct another five hangers and associated carparking [http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2008/07/08/15832_news.html] .

The airport has a flight training school with two classrooms, fuel facilities and a seafood outlet. A shower and toilets are located in the terminal building, there is a kitchen, snack and drink machines and a lounge area. [http://www.barwonair.com.au/facil.html]

The airport has two runways, the main one is a gravel north/south runway, and there is a smaller east/west grass runway for ultralight aircraft.

History

The owners of Barwon Heads Airport have regularly raised their concerns in relation to skydiving being conducted in the vicinity of the airport. [http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2008/03/08/11997_news.html] [http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2008/02/22/11588_news.html] Their concerns are that the airport runway is too close to many proposed drop zones that have been suggested. In 2005, a ban was placed on skydiving in the vicinity of the airport. In 2008, airport owners accused the business Skydive City of using an illegal runway 200 metres from the airport days after the business was evicted from an airport hanger for failing to pay rent. [http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2008/02/29/11752_news.html] Airport owners claimed that the illegal runway was compromising the safety of airport users.

ee also

*List of Australian airports
*Transportation in Australia

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