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Cowra Airport

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Cowra Airport

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Regional gateway serving the Central West of New South Wales.

Location
Cowra, Australia
Cowra Airport is a small regional airport located in Cowra, a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. It serves the local community and surrounding agricultural areas, providing essential air links for business and leisure travellers. The airport operates with a single runway and basic passenger facilities suited to a regional aerodrome. It has historically been served by regional airline routes connecting Cowra to larger New South Wales centres, though scheduled services have varied over the years. Cowra itself is best known internationally for the 1944 prisoner-of-war breakout and its Japanese Garden, and the airport supports tourism and regional economic activity in this historically significant town.
Terminals
The airport features a small, simple terminal building appropriate for a regional aerodrome with limited scheduled passenger traffic.
Getting to & from
Ground transport between the airport and Cowra town centre is primarily by private vehicle or taxi, as no regular public bus service operates on the route.
Notable facts
  • ›Cowra Airport has the IATA code CWT and ICAO code YCWR.
  • ›The airport is situated in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia.
  • ›Cowra is internationally known for the 1944 Japanese prisoner-of-war breakout, supporting some tourism traffic through the airport.
  • ›The airfield serves general aviation in addition to any scheduled regional services.
  • ›Scheduled airline services to Cowra have been intermittent due to the town's relatively small population.
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Cowra Airport is a small airport located 2 nautical miles west southwest of Cowra, New South Wales, Australia. The airport serves as the home to Brumby Aircraft Australia, a manufacturer of light sport and general aviation aircraft. Under a partnership deal signed between Brumby Aircraft and Aviation Industry Corporation of China in 2014, the companies have announced plans to establish an airport.

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