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The forum creates a way to talk to communities about proposals, decisions or events impacting airspace in Australia.

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Current consultations

Open consultation

Proposed permanent restricted area in vicinity of Cowley Beach

QLD

Proposed establishment of two new permanent restricted areas in vicinity of Cowley Beach to facilitate military flying operations.

1 day remaining
Start 01/10/2026
AEST 10:00
End 16/10/2026
AEDT 11:00
Open consultation

Proposed Temporary Restricted Area (TRA) for BVLOS RPAS Operations - Mt Buller

VIC

Operations are proposed in airspace around Mt Buller, Vic, SFC to FL200, to support BVLOS cloud seeding research flights by Rainmaker using a RPAS.

5 days remaining
Start 05/10/2026
AEDT 11:00
End 20/10/2026
AEDT 11:00
Open advisory

Aviation weather services customer survey 2026

National

The Bureau of Meteorology's Aviation weather services customer survey is open until 30 October 2026.

15 days remaining
Start 08/10/2026
AEDT 11:00
End 30/10/2026
AEDT 11:00
Open consultation

High Altitude Airship Test Flights in Central-West Queensland

QLD

Test flights of an experimental stratospheric airship in the Winton-Hughenden vicinity, with potential drift up to 300km.

61 days remaining
Start 15/05/2026
AEST 10:00
End 15/12/2026
AEDT 17:00
Open advisory

Perth Airport: Instrument Landing System on Runway 24 Unavailable During New Taxiway Construction

WA

Perth Airport Runway 24 (RWY24) Instrument Landing System (ILS) will be out of service from 18 March 2026 due to airside works associated with the new runway until late 2027/early 2028.

289 days remaining
Start 15/01/2026
AEDT 11:00
End 31/07/2027
AEST 17:00
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