Murray Bridge Airport is in the locality of
Pallamana, northwest of
Murray Bridge in
South Australia
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. It is situated on Reedy Creek Road and is also known as Pallamana Aerodrome or Pallamanna Airfield. Avgas is available from a 24H Credit Card swipe Bowser.
Runways
It has two runways:
* 01/19 is gravel and is long.
* 09/27 is grass and is long.
Flying schools
There is one
general aviation
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(GA) flying school, Murray Bridge Flying School, which offers training
PPL,
Night VFR
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,
IFR
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) ''Instrument Fly ...
,
CPL,
Instructors ratings as well as various ground theory courses. Its fleet includes multiple 4-seat light aircraft such as the
Piper Archer
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and
Cessna 172
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Beechcraft Baron
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Design and development
The di ...
.
There are also two ultralight aircraft (
Recreational Aviation Australia
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RAAus registers ultralight aircraft and issue ...
) flying schools: 'Recreational Pilots Academy' and 'Murray Bridge Light Aircraft Flying School'.
The Murray Bridge Gliding Club Inc. is based in Hangar 19 and offers motor glider hire.
See also
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List of airports in South Australia
This is a list of airports in the Australian state of South Australia.
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List of airports
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References
{{Airports in South Australia
Airports in South Australia