This morning I woke up in Moree, New South Wales and the weather was far superior to what the last few days were. I woke to a crystal clear blue sky and a warm breeze, who would have thought it was spring. Moree is 625 klm's (388 miles) from Sydney or 473 klm's (293 miles) from Brisbane. I did one call very early so I could get the only morning passenger arrival, I then went back and continued my calls, I parked at the airport having lunch and answering emails before heading off to Goondiwindi, on the New South Wales / Queensland boarder later that afternoon.
Moree Airport (IATA: MRZ, ICAO: YMOR) is 5 klm's (3 miles) from the city centre, it is owned and operated by the Moree Plains Shire Council and the airport is 214 metres (701 feet) above sea level. Brindabella Airlines previously operated 36 services per week between Moree and Sydney using British Aerospace Jetstream 41 turboprops, but on the 15th December 2013 the airline went into receivership. Operations were quickly taken over by Qantas Link using its Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 aircraft but unfortunately the number of flights have dropped to around 20 per week.. Moree airport has two operational runways, the primary runway 01 / 19 is sealed with an asphalt surface and is 1,613 metres long (5,292 feet). The second runway, a gravel runway; 05 / 23 is located on the western side of the field and is 977 metres long (3,205 feet). The airport does not have a control tower so pilots are required to communicate via a Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF) to safely co-ordinate arrivals and departures.
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