Mount Gambier Airport (IATA: MGB, ICAO: YMTG) is an airport in Mount Gambier, South Australia.
Located 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) north of Mount Gambier, it is situated on the Riddoch Highway, and is the only commercial airport servicing the south-east of South Australia. Currently Regional Express Airlines is the only airline servicing the airport, with multiple daily flights to Adelaide and Melbourne with Saab 340 turboprop aircraft.
O'Connor Airlines, which ceased operations 14 December 2007, was formerly based at the airport. The assets of O'Connor Airlines were purchased by Mount Gambier businessman Adrian de Bruin in February 2008 and used to form the nucleus of air charter company de Bruin Air.
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