| Cambridge Aerodrome Hobart/Cambridge Aerodrome |
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| IATA: none – ICAO: YCBG | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Private | ||
| Operator | Airlines of Tasmania Pty Ltd[1] | ||
| Location | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 67 ft / 20 m | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 09/27 | 1,116 | 3,661 | Asphalt |
| 14/32 | 884 | 2,900 | Asphalt |
| Source: En Route Supplement Australia[2] | |||
Cambridge Aerodrome (ICAO: YCBG), also known as Cambridge Airport, is a minor airport serving 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. 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. Cambridge is about to open a new runway, runway 13/31, which is almost parallel to Hobart's (YMHB) runway 12/30
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]
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