Bendigo Airport
| Continent: Oceania | Country: Australia | Region: Victoria |
| Bendigo Aerodrome | |
| Location | Bendigo, Victoria |
| IATA code | BXG |
| ICAO code | YBDG |
| Airport type | Public |
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| Communications | |
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| ATIS | 128.15 |
| Departure | 119.3 |
YBDG is located about 3km from Bendigo's city centre, it is a small airport with 2 Runways.
Rwy 5/23
Rwy 17/35- Right hand circuits Rwy 35! Pilot Activated Lights
Taxiways: sideline Blue
Pilot Activated Lighting: 119.6 ;SDBY
Aerodrome elevation ranges from 673-705ft, the aerodrome has 2 flight training schools (One Recreational, one GA.)
Official Spotting Locations
At the Aerodrome
This is a great spot for photographing aircraft that are parked or taxing, a longer lens will be needed to get close ups of aircraft landing on Airport runways. There is a park bench right in front of the parked aircraft.
Other Spotting Locations
End of Runway 5/23
This is a great spot for taking photos of aircraft landing on RWY 23 or taking off on RWY 23, the aircraft will be facing directly toward you. Or you can get some nice pictures of aircraft on Final for Rwy 05. Location: As you enter the road to the aerodrome, on the right is RWY 5/23. There is about a 2m gap from the road to the fence (A single rail bar about 1m high.) This would be an ideal spot of photographing aircraft operating on RWY 23. This runway is not as active as Bendigo's main Runway 17/35, due to eastern end of 5/23 being gravel and the western end being grass.
(WARNING- you may get told to move on by staff, very unlikely but a possibility)
Locations to Avoid
Regular Traffic
GA Aircraft
The Aircraft that operate at YBDG are mainly General aviation aircraft and recreational aircraft.
Source
http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/publications/current/dap/BDGAD01-101.pdf