Armidale Airport is an airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 serving Armidale, a city in the Australia

Australia

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n state

States and territories of Australia

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 of New South Wales

New South Wales

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. It is located 8 km (5 mi) from the town centre, on New England Highway. The airport is operated by the Armidale Dumaresq Shire Council.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation

Elevation

The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....

 of 3556 feet (1,084 m) above mean sea level. It has two runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

s: 05/23 with an asphalt

Asphalt

Asphalt or , also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits, it is a substance classed as a pitch...

 surface measuring 1738 by 30 m (5,702.1 by 98.4 ) and 09/27 with a grass

Grass

Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...

ed gravel

Gravel

Gravel is composed of unconsolidated rock fragments that have a general particle size range and include size classes from granule- to boulder-sized fragments. Gravel can be sub-categorized into granule and cobble...

 surface measuring 1116 by 30 m (3,661.4 by 98.4 ).

Airlines and destinations

QantasLink operates up to five services a day using Q300 aircraft. It is expected that in the future, selected services may be operated by Q400 aircraft.

Virgin Australia

Armidale was one of the 20 destinations looked at by Virgin Australia for services to Sydney using its new Embraer aircraft. As of April 2011, Virgin Australia has not announced the launch of services to Armidale, although it has announced the service to other areas. The airline recently placed an order for ATR 72

ATR 72

The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop short-haul regional airliner built by the French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR. ATR and Airbus are both built in Toulouse, and share resources and technology...

 aircraft in order to expand its presence in regional areas, meaning Armidale, along with other regional airports may see the introduction of services.

Statistics

Armidale Airport was ranked 43rd in Australia for the number of revenue passenger

Revenue passenger

A revenue passenger is someone who has paid the transport operator for her or his trip. That excludes non-paying passengers such as airline employees flying on free or nearly-free passes, babies and children who do not have a seat of their own, etc...

s served in financial year 2009-2010.

External links

• Armidale by Air - info and images of Armidale Airport