Port Macquarie Airport is an airport in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. The airport is west, Aeronautical Chart of the city centre and is owned and managed by the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council on behalf of its owners – the constituents of the Hastings. The ownership is not to be confused with the Port Macquarie Airport Proprietary Limited. The airport had 226,932 revenue passengers making it the 33rd busiest in Australia in 2023–24.
Airlines and destinations
Historically a number of airlines have flown to the airfield. These include: Virgin Australia JetGo Bonza Ansett Australia Hazelton Airlines Kendell Airlines East-West Airlines FlyPelican Brindabella Airlines
Virgin Australia On 4 February 2008, Virgin Blue (now Virgin Australia) commenced direct scheduled services between Sydney and Port Macquarie. The flights operated daily in the morning. The service used to be operated by an Embraer E-170 aircraft, and was the first scheduled jet service for the airport. Connections were offered to all major Australian cities via Sydney. An increase to twice-daily service commenced 4 August 2008.Virgin Blue > News and Press Releases
Competition by Virgin resulted in a significant drop in fare prices for the Port Macquarie - Sydney route, where Qantas previously operated a monopoly after Hazelton Airlines ceased services in 2001.Virgin Blue > News and Press Releases
On 28 July 2011, Virgin Australia (in partnership with Skywest Airlines) announced its intention to commence a daily Brisbane to Port Macquarie service from October 2011. On 19 October 2011, Virgin Australia's ATR 72 departed on its first flight to Brisbane. The airline also announced that, as a result of the removal of Embraer 170 aircraft from its fleet, Sydney to Port Macquarie services would also be operated by ATR72 aircraft.Virgin Australia to expand Regional Network (Blog) Virgin Australia Expands Regional Network Adding Gladstone and Port Macquarie and Increased Canberra Services
Both routes have since been withdrawn due to the removal of ATR72 aircraft from the Virgin Australia fleet in 2020.
Aircraft operations + Busiest domestic routes into and out of Port Macquarie (year ending December 2025) Rank Airport Passengers % change Carriers 1 Sydney 166,595 0.5 Rex, QantasLink 2 Brisbane no data yet no data yet QantasLink
Connections to Brisbane (via Coffs Harbour) by Brindabella Airlines ceased 31 December 2010, citing poor loads on the route.Brindabella Airlines to exit Port Macquarie Despite this, Virgin Australia entered the route on 19 October 2011 as a daily service with their ATR72 aircraft.
Statistics
See also List of airports in New South Wales
References
External links Port Macquarie Airport