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Taree Airport is a small regional aerodrome on the New South Wales Mid North Coast, some 5.6 km northeast of the town of Taree. Operated by Mid-Coast Council, it no longer sees scheduled airline services but remains active with general aviation, aero club flying, defence training and emergency medical operations, making it a useful and quiet destination for the VFR sim pilot exploring this part of the coast.
Taree Airport is a privately operated regional field owned and run by Mid-Coast Council, serving the town of Taree on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. It once hosted scheduled airline services but today functions as a general aviation and community aerodrome, supporting emergency services, medical flights, private charter and aircraft manufacturing and restoration businesses, as well as a skydiving school and the Manning River Aero Club. For the simulator pilot it offers an uncomplicated, uncontrolled coastal airfield with a sealed main runway and a shorter grass strip, set in pleasant rural surroundings a short hop inland from the coast.
The airport lies about 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) northeast of the city of Taree, on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, roughly a four-hour drive north of Sydney. It sits beneath Brisbane Centre's airspace, which provides an en-route flight information/advisory service to traffic in the area.
Taree has two physical runways. The main sealed runway, 04/22, is 4,559 to 4,939 feet long depending on direction, has a hard surface and is lit. A secondary grass runway, 12/30, is 2,240 feet long in each direction, also lit.
Traffic at Taree should use the CTAF on 118.1 MHz for local calls. Brisbane Centre provides flight service on 120.55 MHz for the surrounding airspace. The airport has no instrument landing system.
Taree Airport was established to serve the Taree area on the Mid North Coast and has long supported a mix of community, commercial and defence flying. It has previously handled scheduled passenger services, most recently with FlyPelican operating flights to Sydney until these were suspended in July 2022 following the withdrawal of government grants and rising fuel costs, leaving the field without regular airline traffic. Throughout its history the airport has also been used for defence force training and continues to be home to the Manning River Aero Club, alongside aircraft manufacturers, fabricators, an aircraft restorer and a skydiving school based on the field.
Taree Airport today functions primarily as a general aviation and community facility rather than a commercial passenger hub, supporting emergency services, medical flights, private charter operations and air mail and courier flights. The Manning River Aero Club is based at the field, along with several aviation-related businesses including aircraft manufacturers and fabricators, an aircraft restoration operation and a skydiving school. The council has previously outlined plans to expand the airport's facilities for pilots and businesses.