Fate of airport to be decided by new councillors
The next crop of councillors – to be elected this coming September – will have the responsibility of deciding the future of Central Coast Airport at Warnervale. A report summarising…
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Concerns airport upgrade will mean more noise
A proposed upgrade of Central Coast Airport has at least one Long Jetty resident concerned about noise impacts on people living around Tuggerah Lakes. Tony Matheus said he feared if…
Proposal to expand COSS to north of region
Competing land proposals around Warnervale Airport came under the spotlight at Central Coast Council’s February 27 meeting. Council’s advisory committee on the Coastal Open Space System (COSS) put forward a…
Airport masterplan on exhibition
A masterplan for the development of Warnervale Airport will go on public exhibition this week for 60 days. The plan recommends upgrading the aircraft landing area (ALA) which currently has…
Draft airport masterplan suggests widening runway
A Warnervale airport draft masterplan to be tabled at Central Coast Council’s December 12 meeting recommends widening the runway from 10m to 23m but keeping the length at 1,200m. This…
The Weekly News podcast 5@5
Watch or listen to Central Coast Newspaper’s Weekly News video podcast 5@5 for the second week of February 2023. In the bulletin, this week: Storms lash parts of the Coast…
The Weekly News 5@5
Central Coast Newspaper’s Weekly News 5@5 for the fourth week of August 2022, pre-spring edition, in Chicago Railway mode: In the bulletin this week: Community Gardens are bloomingLight plane crash…
Changed traffic for Central Coast Air Show
There will be changed traffic conditions and heavier than usual traffic this weekend on Sparks Rd approaching the airport while the Central Coast Air Show is being held. The air…
Central Coast Airshow returns
After a hugely successful first show in 2021, the Central Coast Airshow returns in May for another epic event. Skies over Central Coast Airport at Warnervale will again roar into…
Advisory committee criticises airport masterplan
Committees preview Warnervale airport masterplan.
Council sounds out aviation industry over future demand for airport
Council is sounding out the aviation industry to get an understanding of what future demand could look like for Warnervale Airport.
The Weekly News 5@5
Welcome to Central Coast Newspapers’ Weekly Video News 5@5, Feb 11, 2022. The week’s lead news stories from across the Central Coast include: 9 local COVID deaths so far this…
Airport spending will be more than $500,000 per year
Central Coast Council’s draft three-year operational plan shows the Warnervale Airport will have more than $500,000 spent on it per year for the next three years. Once a masterplan for…
Airport briefing sounded alarm bells for Matthews
Suspended Mayor, Lisa Matthews, said Councillors had seen a masterplan for Warnervale Airport but had no details on contracts when they told staff to break the contract with Amphibian Aerospace…
Airport lease granted too early
Forum – Dear Mr Hart, Administrator, We, Mannering Park Progress, object in the strongest terms to the 45-year lease granted to the Central Coast Aero Club. This is in contravention…
Air show principal gained his licence at Warnervale
Decades after gaining his private pilot’s licence at Central Coast Airport, Paul Bennet is returning on the weekend of May 22 and 23 to put on a show of thrilling…
Council fees and charges to rise
A local aircraft not being used as a business will see an increase to its landing fees at Warnervale Airport next financial year of 15 cents. A plane up to…
After $100,000 in environmental reports and six years, airport trees are being trimmed
After years of controversy, tree trimming at the approach to the runway at Central Coast Airport at Warnervale has begun. The work is expected to be complete in about a…
Broken agreement cost ratepayers $1.5M
Administrator, Dick Persson, has confirmed that the cost to Central Coast Council to break its Warnervale airport agreement with Amphibian Aerospace Industries (AAI) was less than $1.5M. Persson had asked…
Airport broken lease cost less than $1.5M
Administrator Dick Persson has confirmed that the cost to Central Coast Council to break its Warnervale airport agreement with Amphibian Aerospace Industries (AAI) was less than $1.5M. Persson had asked…