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Renmark Airport is an
airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...
serving Renmark,
South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
. It is located southwest of Renmark and operated by the
Renmark Paringa Council The Renmark Paringa Council is a local government area located adjacent to the Victorian border, in the Riverland, South Australia. The area is known for its various fruit production, and is heavily dependent on the River Murray as a water sour ...
.


Facilities

The airport resides at an
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of above
sea level Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured. The global MSL is a type of vertical datuma standardise ...
. It has two main
runway According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt, concre ...
s: 07/25 with an
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surface measuring and 18/36 with a gravel surface measuring . There are two other runways, 12/30 and a parallel 07/25. Both of these are marked as being for gliders only.


Accidents and incidents

The 2017 South Australia Cessna Conquest crash occurred near Renmark airport on 30 May 2017, when a practice flight performed on a
Cessna 441 Conquest II The Cessna 441 Conquest II is the first turboprop powered aircraft designed by Cessna, and was meant to fill the gap between their jets and piston-engined aircraft. It was developed in November 1974, with the first aircraft delivered in Septe ...
plane by charter airline Rossair crashed, killing its three occupants.Rossair grounds all flights, confirms chief pilot among three dead in Riverland crash
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, 2017-05-31


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. __TOC__ List of airports The list is sorted by the name of the community served, click the sort buttons in the table header to switch listing order. Airports named in bol ...


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External links

* {{Airports in South Australia Airports in South Australia