Scone Airport

Scone Airport
IATA: NSO ICAO: YSCO
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Upper Hunter Shire Council
Operator	Upper Hunter Shire Council
Serves	Upper Hunter Valley
Location	Scone, New South Wales
Elevation AMSL	745 ft / 227 m
Coordinates	32°02′14″S 150°49′56″E / 32.03722°S 150.83222°E / -32.03722; 150.83222Coordinates: 32°02′14″S 150°49′56″E / 32.03722°S 150.83222°E / -32.03722; 150.83222
Map
YSCO Location in New South Wales
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 11/29 1,404 4,606 Asphalt
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart

Scone Airport, (IATA: NSO, ICAO: YSCO) is a public airport in the Upper Hunter Valley, 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest of Scone, Australia. It was built to provide a public aerodrome replacing Nandowra aerodrome on located on "Nandowra", approx. 9 km south of Scone.

In 1937, No. 3 Squadron RAAF aircraft, including Hawker Demon and Avro Anson, together with an Aerodrome Defence Crew camped at Nandowra Aerodrome.

During World War II, the Royal Australian Air Force utilised Nandowra Aerodrome as an emergency landing ground.

Between 1988 and 2001, Yanda Airlines based an aircraft and pilots at Scone to operate commuter flights to Sydney via Singleton and Maitland. The company's fleet of PA-31 aircraft were also maintained by Scone Aircraft Maintenance at the airport until Yanda's grounding by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.

There are currently no airlines serving Scone.

The airport is home to several businesses providing a range of services. These include: Scone Aero Club, a social club and Ultralight Flight Training Facility approved to conduct Recreational Aviation Australia instructor training and which organised the "Warbirds Over Scone" series of Airshows in 1998, 2001 and 2003; Pay's Air Charter & Pay's Warbird Museum Airspeed Aviation, an Air Charter operator and flying school; Neva-Part Welding, an approved aviation welding workshop; Scone Aircraft Maintenance, an approved aircraft maintenance facility; and AirPasture, an aerial application business.