Mount Hotham Airport | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Owner | Grollo family | ||||||||||
| Operator | MHSC Transportation Services Pty Ltd | ||||||||||
| Serves | Mount Hotham | ||||||||||
| Location | Dinner Plain,Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,260 ft / 1,298 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°02′51″S147°20′03″E / 37.04750°S 147.33417°E /-37.04750; 147.33417 | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  YHOT Location in Victoria | |||||||||||
 | |||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Mount Hotham Airport (IATA:MHU,ICAO:YHOT) is a small Australian regional airport, which serves theVictorian ski resort ofMount Hotham. It is Australia's highest-altitude airport.
Developed by BCR Asset Management, construction of Month Hotham Airport began in late 1998. The airport opened on 12 June 1999 with a 700 metre runway.[2] It was officially opened byPremierSteve Bracks on 10 June 2000 by which time the runway had been extended to 1,460 metres.[3][4]
During the 2000 ski season,Eastern Australia Airlines andSouthern Australia Airlines operated flights fromSydney andMelbourne respectively withDash 8s[5] During the 2001 season Eastern Australia, Southern Australia Airlines andSunstate Airlines operated flights from Sydney, Melbourne,Brisbane andNewcastle.[6]
Until 2014,QantasLink operated flights from Sydney withBombardier Q200s.[7][8][9] As at 2024, it is only used by charter operators.[10]
In January 2023, the airport was purchased by theGrollo family.[11]
On 8 July 2005, aPiper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain charter plane crashed into terrain while attempting to make a landing at the airport, killing the pilot and two passengers. Fragments of the aircraft were said to have dropped on the ground at the nearby sub-alpine community of Cobungra.[12]
Media related toMount Hotham Airport at Wikimedia Commons