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Airservices Australia is proposing to extend the temporary amendment of control tower hours at Albury Airport, for an additional 90 days.
The issue
Airservices Australia is proposing to extend the temporary amendment of control tower hours at Albury Airport, for an additional 90 days. This adjustment is a response to ongoing operational resource constraints and is designed to ensure the continued safety, efficiency, and predictability of air traffic services.
Purpose
This post is to notify AvSEF members of the proposed temporary changes to tower hours at Albury Airport.
The proposed hours ensure safe, efficient, and predictable air traffic services at Albury while we continue our training efforts, with a return to ERSA hours expected from early 2025.
While this extension will delay the return to ERSA hours until early next year, we now have the staffing resources to reinstate service on Sundays, starting from October 20 2024, from 11:00 - 17:00 local time.
Proposal
We propose to amend tower hours as detailed in the table below, effective until 15 January 2025:
| ERSA (local) | Current (local) | Proposed (local) | ||||
| Day(s) | Start | End | Start | End | Start | End |
| Monday – Friday | 0615 | 2030 | 0900 | 1800 | 0900 | 1800 |
| Saturday | 0900 | 1700 | 0900 | 1700 | 0900 | 1700 |
| Sunday | 0900 | 2030 | Closed | 1100 | 1700 | |
Please note, Albury Class C and D airspace 8,500 feet above mean sea level and below becomes Class G outside tower hours.
CASA has requested us to highlight the importance that all pilots are familiar and operate in accordance with the new flight operations regulations described within Part 91. These include:
- take-off or landing at non-controlled aerodromes
- understanding the definition of the vicinity of a non-controlled aerodrome (91.360)
- operating on manoeuvring area, or in the vicinity, of a non-controlled aerodrome (91.375)
- operating on manoeuvring area, or in the vicinity, of a non-controlled aerodrome – landing and taking off into the wind (91.380)
- operating on manoeuvring area, or in the vicinity, of non-controlled aerodrome – requirements that apply after joining the circuit pattern (91.385)
- operating on manoeuvring area, or in the vicinity, of non-controlled aerodrome – requirements related to maintaining the same track after take-off (91.390)
- straight-in approaches at non-controlled aerodromes (91.395).
See: Non-controlled operations | Civil Aviation Safety Authority (casa.gov.au)
We would appreciate your feedback on this proposal by 10 October 2024. Please reply to stakeholder@airservicesaustralia.com to provide your feedback, or to ask any questions regarding this proposal.
Related links
https://www.casa.gov.au/resources-and-education/pilot-safety-hub/non-co…