| Mount Hotham Airport | |||
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| IATA: MHU – ICAO: YHOT
MHU
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Mount Hotham Skiing Company | ||
| Location | Bright, Victoria | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,260 ft / 1,298 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 11/29 | 4,762 | 1,451 | Asphalt |
Mount Hotham Airport (IATA: MHU, ICAO: YHOT) is a small Australian regional airport, which serves the Victorian ski resort of Mount Hotham. The airport opened in 2000, and it is Australia's highest-altitude airport.
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| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Qantas operated by QantasLink | Seasonal: Sydney |
On July 8, 2005, a Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain charter plane crashed into terrain while attempting to make a landing at the airport, killing the pilot and two passengers. Fragments of the aircraft were said to have dropped on the ground at the nearby alpine community of Cobungra.[1]