Hamilton Airport upgrade

HAMILTON Airport has been allocated $168,970 for Runway Extension Safety Areas at both ends of the 1700 metre North/South runway to keep its Civil Aviation Safety Authority Code 3 certification. The last airline to have a regular passenger service between Hamilton and Melbourne (Essendon Airport) was Sharp Airlines in 2014. Photo: SUPPLIED.

By Mark Rabich

December 06, 2022 | 4:00 PM

THE Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) last week decided to allocate almost $170,000 of a Regional Airports Program grant to upgrade the Hamilton Airport in order to keep its level of certification current.

The Hamilton Aerodrome has non-compliance safety issues, specifically the 17/35 (North/South) Runway Extension Safety Areas (RESA).