en Cobar Airport

Cobar Airport
Cobar Airport
	Aerial image, 6 March 2009
	IATA: CAZ; ICAO: YCBA;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Cobar Shire Council
Serves	Cobar, New South Wales, Australia
Elevation AMSL	724 ft / 221 m
Coordinates	31°32′18″S 145°47′36″E / 31.53833°S 145.79333°E
Map
	YCBA Location in New South Wales
Runways
	Sources: Enroute Supplement Australia from Airservices Australia

Cobar Airport (IATA: CAZ, ICAO: YCBA) is an airport located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) southwest^[1] of Cobar, a town in the Australian state of New South Wales.

Facilities

The airport is 724 ft (221 m) above mean sea level.^[1] It has two runways: 05/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,519 by 30 metres (4,984 ft × 98 ft) and 17/35 with a clay surface measuring 1,221 by 30 metres (4,006 ft × 98 ft).^[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
FlyPelican	Sydney

Accidents and incidents

On 23 April 2023, Pel-Air Flight 9982 diverted to Cobar after the crew received a cargo area smoke warning and shortly after, observed smoke in the cockpit. The SAAB 340A was operating a cargo flight from Wagga Wagga to Charleville.^[2] On landing, the aircraft was met by local fire fighters who entered the cabin to investigate the source, which was found to be electrical and extinguished. The aircraft's floor was significantly damaged by the fire.^[3]