Isn't there some sort of casa directive to have BNA APP there by Dec 2023 and also a TWR by June 2024 ?
Yeah here it is casa bna airspace review Dec 22
Recommendation 7
As an interim action pending the completion of Recommendation 8, CASA should make a
determination to establish a control area around Ballina Byron Gateway Airport with a base which
is as low as possible, and direct AA to provide services within the control area. The services should
be provided during all periods of scheduled Air Transport Operations and include an Approach
Control Service to aircraft operating under the Instrument Flight Rules (IFR), separation between
IFR aircraft, VFR traffic information to all aircraft, and sequencing of all aircraft to and from the
runway. CASA and AA should jointly explore opportunities to detect non-cooperative aircraft or
vehicles in the immediate vicinity of the runway. The services should be established as soon as
practicable but no later than 30 November 2023.
Recommendation 8
CASA should make a determination that Ballina Byron Gateway Airport will become a controlled
aerodrome with an associated control zone and control area, and direct Airservices Australia (AA)
to provide an Aerodrome Control Service1
to the aerodrome. That service should be established as
soon as practicable but no later than 13 June 2024.
Recommendation 9
CASA should prepare and finalise an Airspace Change Proposal (ACP) for a control zone and
control area steps in preparation for the implementation of Recommendations 7 and 8.