On Monday 26 February, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Airbus A330-200 / KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) A39-005 was spotted visiting Rockhampton Airport. A39-005 was flying as "Dragon 47" and earlier flew up from RAAF Base Amberley to a position North-West of Rocky where it went into a 30-minute holding patter to wait for another RAAF KC-30A A39-004 as "Windsor 01" which was flying down from Cairns.  Both KC-30A aircraft flew together to near Gayndah where they did a long holding lap before A39-004 "Windsor 01" flew on to Amberley and A39-005 "Dragon 47" tu ..read more

On Tuesday 13 February, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Boeing B737-7DT(BBJ) A36-001 was noted visiting Bundaberg Airport. File photo It was heard to be flying as "Envoy 63" and flew up from Canberra via Coffs Harbour.  A bit later it departed back to Canberra via a missed approach at Tamworth. Photo taken by Peter Sajko   ..read more

On Sunday 11 February, Execujet (Taverners Aviation) Raytheon Hawker 800XP bizjet VH-RIU was noted departing Roma Airport for Adelaide. File photo It seems to have arrived into Roma Airport from the South Australian capital the previous day. Meanwhile, also on Sunday 11 February, the Redcliffe Aero Club Vulcanair (Partenavia) P.68C VH-VMV arrived into Rockhampton Airport from Redcliffe no doubt ready to complete more aerial survey work in the area. And the visiting Southern Airlines (Moorabbin) Cessna 404 VH-TTZ departed Rockhampton Airport for Mackay Airport (on Saturday 1 ..read more

On Tuesday 13 February, Air Link (Dubbo) Cessna 510 Citation Mustang bizjet VH-SEQ passed through Rockhampton Airport while flying up from Archerfield and onwards to Mount Isa. It then returned to Rockhampton Airport and then departed back to Archerfield. File photo And MacKellar Mining Equipment Pty Ltd (Revesco Aviation) Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign bizjet VH-MMC visited the Labona Station Airstrip within Adani Australia's (Bravus Mining & Resources) Carmichael Coal Mine site from the Sunshine Coast. Meanwhile, also on Tuesday 13 February, the Queensland Police Ser ..read more

On Monday 12 February, Air Gold Coast Cessna 525A CitationJet CJ2 bizjet VH-ZDM departed Hamilton Island Airport for Sydney and then Bankstown. File photo It had arrived on Friday 9 February from the Gold Coast via Sydney. While Poolhurst Aviation Air Charter Services Pilatus PC-24 jet VH-VTF flew up from Brisbane to Hamilton Island Airport before then departing down to Sydney.  It also visited Hamo at the end of last week. And Bowenville (near Toowoomba) based Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1+ bizjet VH-JSZ visited Rockhampton Airport from Archerfield during a very ..read more

On Monday 12 February, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Dassault Falcon 7X bizjet, A56-002 as "Envoy 62" was noted visiting Rockhampton Airport. File photo It looked to arrive from Canberra and then depart to Brisbane.  It later returned to Canberra. Photo taken by John Lee  ..read more

An interesting visitor through some Central Queensland Airports on Wednesday 7 February was recently registered (November 2023) Helicorp (Australian Army) Leonardo S.P.A. Helicopters (Agusta) AW139 helicopter VH-YQC which noted ferrying North from the Oakey Army Aviation Centre to Townsville via airwork at Bundaberg Airport and a landing at Rockhampton Airport. It looked to have originally flown up from Melbourne (Essendon) and Bankstown at the end of January. VH-YQC was heard to be using the radio callsign of "Finch 22". VH-YQC is registered to Helicorp (Toll Group) and is the third and ..read more

On Saturday 3 February, the visiting Manx Jet Management (UK) Dassault Falcon 7X bizjet M-LJCR departed Hamiton Island Airport for Darwin and then Bangkok, Thailand.  M-LJCR arrives into Darwin Airport It had arrived from Melbourne (Essendon) on Tuesday 30 January. While over on the mainland, Execujet Australia Bombardier CL-600-2B16 Challenger 604 bizjet VH-VSZ arrived into Proserpine (Whitsunday Coast) Airport from Cairns. It had flown into Far North Queensland the previous day. At the time of writing it appears to be staying for at least the night. UPDATE!&nbs ..read more

On Friday 9 February, Poolhurst Aviation Air Charter Services Pilatus PC-24 jet VH-VTF flew into Hamilton Island Airport from Archerfield and Sydney.  It later flew back to Archerfield. File photo And Air Gold Coast Cessna 525A CitationJet CJ2 VH-ZDM also flew into Hamilton Island but from the Gol Coast and Sydney. Meanwhile, also on Friday 9 February, Townsville Airlines Beech 1900D VH-JYA arrived into Rockhampton Airport from Cairns before then departing to Brisbane.  It then flew back into Rockhampton Airport before continuing up to Townsville and Cairns. Easte ..read more

On Thursday 8 February, Air Link (Dubbo) Beech B200 King Air VH-ISS popped into Rockhampton Airport. File photo It flew from Archerfield to Brisbane and then up to Townsville before flyting back down to Rockhampton Airport and then back to Brisbane and Archerfield.  Busy! Reefchange P/L (Cairns) Piper PA-34-220T Seneca VH-YSJ departed Bundaberg Airport for the Whitsunday Airport at Shute Harbour.  It had arrived into Bundy from Gympie the previous day. UPDATE!  On Friday 9 February, VH-YSJ departed the Whitsunday Airport at Shute Harbour for Townsville, Palm Island ..read more