Ah, yes - GCAs with Masling and Eastern and TAA - but from a bit north of the NAS.

Still out there PJ?

MJG

I don't recall TAA at YSNW....

RMCF

Folks,
After all, we would not want anything interrupting the high tempo. operations of the massive fleets of high performance Navy aircraft, would we.

Actually, the Admirals seem to have an inordinate (indeed, unrealistic - seeing as the taxpayer paid/pays for it all) aversion to the possibility of any civil liability, consequent on any occurrence at Albatross that might, in their vivid imaginations, be possible, no matter how improbable.

Apparently, Crown Indemnity is not enough.
Tootle pip!!

Williamtown, Townsville, Darwin don't seem to be a problem...

In Ye Olde Days Nowra had a small civil terminal on the northern side of the base,,,

TBM-Legend,
But, you must understand, that is not the Navy.
The navy (even the RAN, in best RN "tradition"), regard themselves as the "Senior Service" --- do you remember the cigarettes??
Slight thread drift, did you notice, in the recent AIC from Airservices, in the 80 pages of datapoints that were to be wiped from the AIP, along with most major hospital EMS helipads, Airservices could not find the RAN.
That will solve the JetGo Albatross access problem, HMAS Albatross will aeronautically cease to exist.
Tootle pip!!

PS: Flinders and several other major RAN installations were on the ASA hit list, in truth, can't remember if Albatross was on said list.

Illawarra JetGo services flying high after a month in the air
 

Interesting report today in the Illawarra Mercury.

Of note:
"Since October 30, 76 return flights ... carrying about 2800 passengers to and from Brisbane or Melbourne." At a rough calculation, that's a load factor of 50% - not bad.

Also of note:
"Of the 76 flights in the first month, five of them saw disruptions for passengers.Three of the disruptions were weather-related, while two were the result of delays that meant the planes would have arrived after last light. Prior to recent approval from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA),the aircraft were unable to land at Albion Park in the dark.

Mr Bredereck said a number of measures had been put in place at the airport to assist pilots in times of bad weather, including new instrument approaches. The improved approaches align the aircraft with the runway they are landing on, preventing the need for them to circle beforehand, and will allow for a lower minimal descent altitude in times of low cloud or poor visibility. “All our pilots have now flown the instrument approaches into Wollongong in the flight simulator,” he said. “We’ve dialled the weather up in the simulator … they’re now well practised on that.” The new approaches are yet to be validated by CASA. However, the test flights required for approval should be completed by Christmas. "

Sounds like a lot of work is still being done to make YWOL functional for RPT - the planes couldn't land after dark?

There's a new website for Wollongong Airport ;)
Quite good.

too you forgot a letter " o"

YWOL parking - new carpark but no longer free
 

A sad day that's come sooner rather than later to Wollongong Airport - the introduction of parking charges :{

Cost ranges from $12/day down to $50/week.

Every year the parking charges will rise from this thin edge of the wedge. Of course the terminal fee and possible landing charge "holiday" will end and the 'Gong gets the gong!

True, but I'd have thought that they'd at least wait until the service was properly bedded down. Not after its been running only for a single month and with barely 50% loads.

Free parking is such a big draw when competing with Sydney. Doing this is shooting yourself in the foot. They obviously have no idea.