We operate from Cambridge Aerodrome which is just 2 Kms from the main Hobart airport.

Cambridge and Hobart Airports (Google Earth)

Cambridge was originally the main airport for Hobart until the 1960's when the current airport was built a short distance away on the Llanherne property. Cambridge was retained as the "secondary" airport for GA aircraft.

In the "rationalisation" that occurred in the 1990's when the Labour government instituted the "Great Airport Selloff", Cambridge was sold to a private operator who is still the current owner (apart from bits that have been sold off already). The requirement was that Cambridge was to remain an airport until 2004, at which time it would no longer need to be retained as an airport. There is no longer any requirement for Cambridge to remain an airport, parts have been subdivided already and an additional substantial part of it is planned and approved for further subdivision. The airport owner, who also owns and operates Par Avion, has stated his intention to keep Cambridge as an airport for the foreseeable future. However, it has been indicated to us that the foreseeable future is, at the moment, a time period of not more than 10 years.

The main Hobart airport was sold (to the state government) and has also since been sold to private interests. The original  intention at that time was that GA would move to the main Hobart airport once a cross runway and suitable facilities were built. This has never happened and now that the main Hobart airport is also in private hands Macquarie Bank) it will probably never happen. There were recent plans for this, but costs of providing GA facilities were way beyond any possible return to the operators so the plans were abandoned. Now that further development has occurred in the area, there will never be a fully functional cross strip at Hobart. If it is ever provided, a cross strip will be limited to a short "emergency strip".

Approach to Cambridge runway 14

Currently, further subdivision is occurring at Cambridge. The plan is to close runway 14/32 and build a new runway 12/30 which will be parallel to the Hobart airport runway.

The plan for subdivision originally was to retain a shortened runway 09/27 as a taxiway and "emergency" strip which would have effectively have left the Hobart area without a fully operational east/west runway.

However, the current stated intention of the owner is to retain a shortened 09/27 runway for the time being, but he will not commit to any guarantee that it will be retained permanently.

Runway 14/32 is still operational, but indications are that work will commence on runway 12/30 shortly.

Once 14/32 is closed, further subdivision will occur along Kennedy drive.

Runway 09/27 on the left, club house & hangars, right.