Cessnock Airport
IATA: CES – ICAO: YCNK
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Aviation and Leisure Corporation Pty Ltd
Location		Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia
Elevation AMSL		211 ft / 64 m
Coordinates		32°47′18″S 151°20′30″E / 32.78833°S 151.34167°E / -32.78833; 151.34167Coordinates: 32°47′18″S 151°20′30″E / 32.78833°S 151.34167°E / -32.78833; 151.34167
Map
YCNK Location in New South Wales
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
17/35	1,097	3,599	Asphalt
Sources: AIP[1]

Cessnock Airport (IATA: CES, ICAO: YCNK) is a civil airport located 6 km (4 mi) (by road) north of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia.

History [edit]

Built by the Royal Australian Air Force in 1942 during World War II named as RAAF Base Pokolbin, as part of a system of parent and satellite aerodromes proposed throughout New South Wales. The aerodrome was known as RAAF Station Pokolbin. The aerodrome had two runways 5,000 by 160 ft (1,500 by 49 m) wide side by side.^[2]

The aerodrome was proposed to have the following satellite aerodromes, Glendon, Rothbury and Weston, however Rothbury and Weston do not appear to have been constructed.^[2]

Airport usage [edit]

Cessnock Airport is a popular Flight training aerodrome servicing Newcastle and Lower Hunter based pilots and students. It is usually considered so popular due to its large training area, which it shares with Maitland Airport and other Hunter Region aerodromes. There are two flight training schools (Hunter Valley Aviation and Avondale Aviation, now owned by Wollongong University). The airport is also home to a helicopter joy flight centre. Early morning Hot air balloon flights are also common.^{[citation needed]}

See also [edit]

• List of airports in New South Wales

References [edit]

Aviation portal

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External links [edit]

• Accident history for CES at Aviation Safety Network

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