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Camden Airport (IATA: CDU, ICAO: YSCN) is an airport located 5 km (3 miles) from Camden, New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately 60 km (37 miles) from the Sydney CBD. Camden is used as an overflow airport for Bankstown Airport for flying training, charter and maintenance, and provides facilities for gliding and ballooning. The airport has one grass and one paved runway and two glider strips. The airport has an NDB navigation aid and is in the south-west corner of the Sydney Training area.
[edit] History
Originally a private airstrip, the area that was to become Camden Airport was utilised by the Royal Australian Air Force and other Allied air forces during World War II. In 2006, it was controversially sold by the Australian government to a private company, along with Bankstown and Hoxton Park.
[edit] Radio Procedures
Camden operates as a GAAP airport on Saturdays and Sundays between 9 am and 5 pm. At other times it is a CTAF(R) airport. The radio frequencies are: Tower/CTAF 120.1; ATIS 125.1; NDB 281.
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