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Dubbo City Regional Airport (YSDU) is a regional airport serving Dubbo in central-western New South Wales, operated by Dubbo City Council and used for scheduled, charter and freight services. It sits a couple of nautical miles northwest of the town and offers two sealed runways suitable for both regional airline traffic and general aviation visitors.
Dubbo City Regional Airport lies just outside the city of Dubbo in the central-western region of New South Wales, and is owned and operated by Dubbo City Council. It is a working regional airport that mixes scheduled airline services with charter and general aviation traffic, making it a useful and relatively busy waypoint for a simulator pilot exploring inland New South Wales.
The airport is located about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of the city of Dubbo, New South Wales. Traffic in the area is worked by Melbourne Centre.
Dubbo has two physical runways, both hard-surfaced and lit. Runway 05/23 is the longer of the pair at 5,599 feet, while runway 11/29 measures 3,501 feet. There is no ILS at the field.
The common traffic advisory frequency (CTAF) is 134 MHz, with flight service (FSS) available on 123.9 MHz. Overlying area traffic is handled by Melbourne Centre.
Aeroplanes first began landing in the Dubbo area in the 1920s, though it was not until 1935 that land was formally purchased for an official airport. During the Second World War the site was reconstructed for military use. The runway was rebuilt by the Department of Civil Aviation in 1969 and a new terminal opened in 1970, the same year in which Dubbo City Council took ownership of the airport on 1 July 1970. Since then it has been used continuously for scheduled, charter and freight operations. In 1983 Airlines of New South Wales announced plans to introduce Fokker F28 Fellowship regional jets on routes to Dubbo, reflecting the airport's growing role in regional air services. The airport was known as Dubbo City Regional Airport until it was renamed Dubbo Regional Airport in March 2022.
Dubbo continues to operate as an active regional airport handling scheduled airline services alongside charter and freight movements, and remains under the ownership of the local council.