About Mangalore Airport (Victoria)- (ICAO: YMNG)

Mangalore Airport (ICAO: YMNG) is located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) west^[1]Mangalore, Victoria, Australia. The airport is about 2 hours north of Melbourne by road, and is home to the Helicopter Pilot College and Kestrel Aviation.

It was established in 1939 for training Royal Australian Air Force pilots. In 1947 it became a civil airfield and until 1970 it was an alternate for Essendon Airport.^[2]

From November 2007 to April 2009, the airport was home to the Australian Airline Pilot Academy owned by Regional Express Airlines.^[3]

• Accidents and incidents
• See also
• References

Accidents and incidents

• On 29 December 1948, an empty Australian National Airways Douglas DC-3 from Launceston crashed short of the runway after diverting from Essendon. The aircraft was badly damaged but the crew was unhurt.^[4]
• On 31 October 1954, the first Vickers Viscount aircraft delivered to Australia crashed on take-off for a training flight only days after its arrival in Australia, killing 3 of the 7 people on board.^[5][6]

See also

	Victoria portal
	Aviation portal

• List of airports in Victoria

References

1. ^ ^{a b} YMNG – Mangalore (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 29 May 2014, Aeronautical Chart
2. ^ "New airport at Mangalore to open soon". The Argus. 28 May 1947. p. 29. 
3. ^ "REX TO CONSTRUCT PILOT ACADEMY AT WAGGA WAGGA". Regional Express Holdings Limited. 18 February 2009. 
4. ^ "Amazing Escape When Airliner Crashes". The Daily News. 29 December 1948. p. 1. 
5. ^ "Viscount Crashes" The Argus - 1 November 1954, p.1 (National Library of Australia) Retrieved 2012-07-01
6. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 6 September 2009. 

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