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Shellharbour Airport

Albion Park Rail, Australia

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Elevation

31 ft

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WOL

Location

Albion Park Rail · NSW · Australia

Position

-34.561°, 150.789° · 31 ft elev.

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Regional gateway serving the Illawarra and South Coast of NSW.

Opened

1942

Location

Albion Park Rail, Australia

Shellharbour Airport, also known as Wollongong Airport, is a regional airport located at Albion Park Rail in the Shellharbour local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It serves the broader Illawarra region, including the city of Wollongong, and operates under the IATA code WOL. The airport has a history of intermittent commercial passenger services, with scheduled flights having been suspended and resumed at various points over the decades. It has primarily served general aviation, charter, and freight operations during periods without scheduled commercial services. The facility is owned and operated by Shellharbour City Council and has been the subject of ongoing community and government discussions regarding its potential to support expanded regional air services connecting the Illawarra to other parts of Australia.

Terminals

The airport has a modest single terminal building suited to small-scale regional and general aviation operations.

Getting to & from

The airport is accessible primarily by road via the Illawarra Highway, with Albion Park Rail township nearby and Wollongong city centre approximately 20 kilometres to the north.

Airlines here

Scheduled commercial services have been operated intermittently by regional carriers, with no major airline permanently based at the airport in recent years.

Notable facts

›Originally established as a Royal Australian Air Force base during World War II.
›Serves as an alternative to Sydney Airport for the Illawarra region.
›Located approximately 85 kilometres south of Sydney CBD.
›Owned and operated by Shellharbour City Council.
›Has one sealed runway oriented roughly north–south.

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Shellharbour Airport, formerly Illawarra Regional Airport, also known as Wollongong Airport and Albion Park Aerodrome is an airport located in Albion Park Rail, New South Wales, Australia.

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Latest news

ATSB· 5/7/2026

Collision with terrain involving Piper PA-32R-300, VH-JVA, Shellharbour Airport, New South Wales, on 11 October 2025

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ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation· 5/7/2026

Flights axed as carrier faces soaring fuel costs and falling demand

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Aero South Pacific· 5/13/2026

Link Airways suspends Wollongong/Shellharbour flights

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Region Illawarra· 5/8/2026

Flights from Shellharbour Airport stopped with the future of travel and tourism in the region up in the air

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Australian Flying· 8/19/2026

Wings Over Shellharbour set for May 2027 return

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thebuglenews.com.au· 4/1/2026

Airport deals, holiday parks housing headline Council Meeting

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Shellharbour Airport

Airport serving the Illawarra, Australia

Shellharbour Airport, formerly Illawarra Regional Airport, also known as Wollongong Airport and Albion Park Aerodrome is an airport located in Albion Park Rail, New South Wales, Australia.

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