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Wagga Wagga Airport

Forest Hill, Australia

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ICAO

YSWG

Elevation

724 ft

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The Essence of Wagga Wagga Airport

WGA

Location

Forest Hill · NSW · Australia

Connectivity

3 routes · 2 destinations

Position

-35.163°, 147.468° · 724 ft elev.

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Regional gateway serving the Riverina district of New South Wales.

Opened

1939

Location

Wagga Wagga, Australia

Wagga Wagga Airport (IATA: WGA, ICAO: YSWG) is a regional airport located near Forest Hill, approximately 7 kilometres from the centre of Wagga Wagga, the largest inland city in New South Wales, Australia. It serves as the primary air hub for the Riverina region, handling both scheduled passenger services and general aviation traffic. The airport is owned and operated by the City of Wagga Wagga Council and has undergone several upgrades over the years to improve passenger facilities and runway infrastructure. It also supports Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Wagga, which is co-located at the site and serves as a major military training facility.

Terminals

The airport has a single passenger terminal building handling all commercial airline operations.

Getting to & from

Ground transport options include taxis, rideshare services, and rental cars; no regular public bus service directly connects the airport to the city centre.

Airlines here

Rex (Regional Express) and Qantas (via QantasLink) operate scheduled services connecting Wagga Wagga to Sydney and Melbourne.

Notable facts

›Co-located with RAAF Base Wagga, a major Australian military training establishment.
›The airport is owned and managed by the City of Wagga Wagga Council.
›Wagga Wagga is the largest inland city in New South Wales, making the airport strategically important for the region.
›The runway was extended and upgraded to accommodate larger jet aircraft.
›The airport supports significant general aviation activity in addition to scheduled services.

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Airlines serving this airport

Qantas

Regional Express

Routes

WGA → SYDQF · DH4 DH3

WGA → MELZL · SF3

WGA → SYDZL · SF3

Aircraft operating here

Saab SF340A/B2 routes De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q1 routes De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 Dash 81 routes

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Encyclopaedia

Wagga Wagga Airport is a regional airport serving Wagga Wagga in New South Wales, Australia. The airport is located in the suburb of Forest Hill, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south-east of the city centre, on land leased from the Department of Defence. It shares runways and some aviation facilities with the adjacent RAAF Base Wagga, which hosts ground training establishments and supporting military air traffic. Rex Airlines maintains a strong presence with its main engineering and maintenance base for its Saab 340 aircraft. The airline also conducts an in-house program to train cadet pilots through a campus of the Australian Airline Pilot Academy at the airport. In the 2020-21 financial year the airport recorded 71,862 passengers which made it the 36th busiest airport in Australia.

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