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facthunter · July 24, 2023

There are tram stops right near Essendon Airport but I doubt you will choose to fly out of there. IF you do, just look around and remember we flew B 727s in an out of there in all kinds of weather.. Nev

spacesailor · July 24, 2023

to my knowledge !. None at .

Bankstown, Camden richmond, or the Oaks.

There's a harbour at Kingsford-smith airport .

But

No ferry terminal . And ! , I think there's a railway station .

But only to the Sydney cbd , Change trains for anywhere else .

Quicker & more convenient by car . Or private mini-bus .

OUTER-SUBS TO AIRPORT by car ,ONE HOUR . BY RAIL TWO ! . in packed a train with your luggage to carry

The New airport at Baggeries Creek will be half that distance to the suburbs.

spacesailor

pmccarthy · July 24, 2023

9 hours ago, facthunter said:

There are tram stops right near Essendon Airport but I doubt you will choose to fly out of there. IF you do, just look around and remember we flew B 727s in an out of there in all kinds of weather.. Nev

Yes, over my house at 1 am!

octave · July 24, 2023

9 minutes ago, spacesailor said:

OUTER-SUBS TO AIRPORT by car ,ONE HOUR . BY RAIL TWO !

I believe it is 1 hour from Toongabie to the airport by train (according to NSW Transport Trip Planner and 48 minutes by car.

https://transportnsw.info/trip#/trip?from=poiID:858281901:95308040:-1:Toongabie Post Office:Toongabbie:Toongabie Post Office:ANY:POI:4865775:3745666:GDAV:nsw&to=202020&leaving=true&excludedModes=11&onlyAccessible=false&walkSpeed=0&gettingFromMode=100&gettingToMode=100&onlyOpal=false&gettingToValue=20&gettingFromValue=20&tripPreference=0&travelMode=publicTransport

Edited July 24, 2023 by octave

spacesailor · July 24, 2023

Two trains ,!

One train every 25 minutes, to central, then catch that " airport train " to the airport .

Two hours IF lucky .

And , when was the last time you travelled by car in Sydney.

The roads are now back to precovid days , with all roads officially " slow " .

Parramatta to Richmond Two hours during peak times .

Now thats double what it used to be .

spacesailor

octave · July 24, 2023

gee Spacey you make Sydney sound terrible. Glad I live in Victoria

spacesailor · July 24, 2023

Highrise going up everywhere.

Thousands more immigrant's to make Sydney bigger than Melbourne! .

And only ONE new school in Greater Sydney

spacesailor

red750 · July 24, 2023

Here is the tramline past Essendon, runs into the CBD. Red X's indicate tram stops.

Jerry_Atrick · July 24, 2023

12 hours ago, facthunter said:

There are tram stops right near Essendon Airport but I doubt you will choose to fly out of there. IF you do, just look around and remember we flew B 727s in an out of there in all kinds of weather.. Nev

It looks like private GA operators have flown out of Essendo as I can only see commercial type flight schools on the web. That is a shame; Although my preference was Moorabbin (for Melbourne), Essendon was quite handy

I have flown form Essendon quite a few times and found it to be absolutely fine. Lots of different aircraft - bizjets, turboprops, rotors, and the like. Never had to delay of any noticable length of time, nor asked to expedite as I had been many times at Moorabbin. Alll this was before retail space encroached the runway approach/departure paths.

But, then, I cannot really compare as I had flown from Essendon maybe 10 - 15 times. But, if there were private renters there, I would probably have set it up as my base because I don't want to have to rely on a car.

Edited July 24, 2023 by Jerry_Atrick

facthunter · July 25, 2023

It's not difficult to operate from and would probably be safer than Moorabbin. but more expensive I think.. When there's a North wind a lot of Tullamarine arrivals will be tracking via Essendon, but above you.. Nev