Wagga Wagga Airport | |||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Wagga Wagga Airport terminal | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Department of Defence | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | City of Wagga Wagga | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Wagga Wagga | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Forest Hill, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 725 ft / 221 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°09′55″S 147°27′59″E / 35.16528°S 147.46639°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Wagga Wagga Airport | ||||||||||||||
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  YSWG Location in New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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| Statistics (2018–19[1]) | |||||||||||||||
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Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart.[2] Passengers and aircraft movements from Bureau of Infrastructure & Transport Research Economics.[3] | |||||||||||||||
Wagga Wagga Airport (IATA: WGA, ICAO: YSWG) is a regional airport serving Wagga Wagga in New South Wales, Australia. The airport is located in the suburb of Forest Hill, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south-east of the city centre, on land leased from the Department of Defence. It shares runways and some aviation facilities with the adjacent RAAF Base Wagga, which hosts ground training establishments and supporting military air traffic.[2][4] Rex Airlines maintain a strong presence with its main engineering and maintenance base for its Saab 340 aircraft.[citation needed] The airline also conducts an in-house program to train cadet pilots through a campus of the Australian Airline Pilot Academy at the airport.[5][6] In the 2020-21 financial year[1] the airport recorded 71,862 passengers which made it the 36th busiest airport in Australia.[3]
- ^ a b Fiscal year 1 July – 30 June
- ^ a b YSWG – Wagga Wagga (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart
- ^ a b "Airport Traffic Data 1985-86 to 2020-21". Bureau of Infrastructure & Transport Research Economics. November 2021. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2021. Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"
- ^ "Airport" (PDF). City of Wagga Wagga. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
- ^ "Rex opens new AAPA campus". Australian Flying. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ Mark Evans (18 November 2021). "Wagga Wagga: Home to Regional Express and the Royal Australian Air Force". Airline Geeks. Retrieved 14 February 2023.