23-1166: Portland Airport may refer to: Portland Airport (Victoria) in Portland, Victoria, Australia (IATA: PTJ) Portland International Airport in Portland, Oregon, United States (FAA: PDX) Portland International Jetport in Portland, Maine, United States (FAA: PWM) Portland Municipal Airport (Indiana) in Portland, Indiana, United States (FAA: PLD) Portland Municipal Airport (Tennessee) in Portland, Tennessee, United States (FAA: 1M5) See also [ edit ] Portland-Hillsboro Airport in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States (FAA: HIO) Portland-Troutdale Airport in Troutdale, Oregon, United States (FAA: TTD) Portland-Mulino Airport in Mulino, Oregon, United States (FAA: 4S9) Portland Downtown Heliport in Portland, Oregon, United States (FAA: 61J) Hunt Airport in Portland, Texas, United States (FAA: 9R5) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
46-543: A computerised air traffic control system covering all sectors of Australian air space. In 2013, Airservices was ranked among the world's best as part of an international safety benchmarking study undertaken by the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO). The study placed Airservices in second place for air navigation service providers (ANSP) in relation to the maturity of the organisation's Safety Management System, with
69-526: A discreet frequency. Airservices Australia maintain the Portland NDB navigation aid on the airport grounds. Since peaking at 14,436 passengers carried in 2010, passenger numbers through Portland airport have steadily declined. Between 2009 and 2013, Sharp Airlines linked the town with Adelaide , South Australia and Avalon Airport near Geelong , however these services have since been withdrawn. Airservices Australia Airservices Australia
92-414: A new collective agreement. As negotiations continued, ATC staff shortages were said to contribute to what was the worst year on record for flight delays and cancellations, but had been earlier defended by Airservices CEO Greg Russell as having been caused by a group of "renegade air traffic controllers" who had been responsible for airspace closures in a form of covert industrial action. Despite claims by
115-658: A score of more than 90% effectiveness. The Civil Aviation Branch of the Department of Defence was established on 28 March 1921, after Parliament passed the Air Navigation Act 1920 in December 1920. The organisation was reformed as a separate Government Department, the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA), on 14 November 1938 after the enquiry into the crash of the DC-2 aircraft Kyeemah in 1938. Arthur Corbett
138-691: Is an Australian Government -owned corporation, responsible for providing services to the aviation industry within the Australian Flight Information Region (FIR). Some of Airservices Australia’s responsibilities include air traffic control , airway navigation, communication facilities, publishing aeronautical data, airport rescue, and fire-fighting services. Airservices Australia has international partnerships with ICAO , CANSO and IATA . Airservices Australia manages air traffic within Australian airspace. This includes
161-522: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Portland Airport (Victoria) Portland Airport ( IATA : PTJ , ICAO : YPOD ) is located within the locality of Cashmore , 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) northwest of Portland , Victoria , Australia . Opened in 1982, the airport is one of only three in the state outside Melbourne to receive regular passenger services, providing an important gateway for southwest Victoria. The airport
184-553: Is home to the Portland Aero Club and was previously a maintenance base of Sharp Airlines . From 2009 onwards, the Victorian Government contributed funding for works to modernize the airport, including upgrade the airport's aprons, taxiways and terminal building, completed in 2014. Portland airport has two runways. The primary runway, 08/26 (1,616 m × 30 m (5,302 ft × 98 ft))
207-408: Is sealed and equipped with both precision approach path indicators (PAPIs) at each end and Pilot Controlled Lighting which can be turned on and off by radio as required. Fuel and aircraft maintenance facilities are available. There is no control tower and pilots are required to co-ordinate aircraft movements using a Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF), while weather information is available on
230-619: The AIRC in late December 2008. Remaining differences in position regarding wages and sick leave resulted in threatened industrial action by late January 2009. High-level intervention of CEO Greg Russell and ACTU President Sharan Burrow in the negotiations produced an offer which averted industrial action and was endorsed almost unanimously by the Air Traffic Controllers. The collective agreement negotiation saw 83% of staff register their vote, with 95 per cent voting for
253-545: The Department of Transport , Air Transport Group. This group was again reformed as its own Department on 7 May 1982, the Department of Aviation (DOA). Another merger took place on 24 July 1987 when the DOA was absorbed by the Department of Transport and Communications . On 1 July 1988 the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) was formed to control aviation safety regulation and provide air traffic services. The CAA
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#1732779468546276-652: The United States . En-route controllers (also referred to as Area/Centre Controllers) located in Brisbane and Melbourne are responsible for all aircraft flying at upper levels above 25,000 ft (7,600 m). These controllers are responsible for the majority of air traffic over the Australian mainland and on oceanic routes within Australia's flight information region . In 1999, the agency commenced using The Australian Advanced Air Traffic System (TAAATS),
299-1280: The Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting services at 26 of Australia's busiest airports. The agency is fully funded by direct charges to the aviation industry and controlled by a board of directors, accountable to the Australian Parliament through the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport . The Chair of Airservices Australia Board is John Weber. The Acting Chief Executive Officer is Peter Curran, replacing Jason Harfield in June 2024. The agency maintains more than 4,000 skilled aviation professionals, including air traffic controllers, engineering specialists, technicians and support staff working from two major control centres, 29 air traffic control towers and firefighting stations at 26 of Australia's busiest airports. Airservices Australia has 29 air traffic control towers and two air traffic control centres based in Brisbane and Melbourne. Australia has two Flight Information Regions which are managed by these centres. All airspace to
322-490: The agreement. The new agreement led to a pay increase of 4.3% per annum over 3.5 years with changes to sick leave and rostering arrangements. As of September 2009, Air Traffic Control staffing problems continued to disrupt the ability of Airservices Australia to provide its core function, precipitating an unprecedented cancellation of leave for the entire Sydney approach control unit for three months. In its 2010–13 Workforce Plan, Airservices claimed that as of December 2009
345-638: The airspace over continental Australia , territorial waters and also international airspace boundaries over the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Airservices Australia also manages upper-level airspace (above 24,500 ft) under contract to the neighbouring Pacific Island Flight Information Regions of the Solomon Islands and Nauru . Airservices Australia publishes aeronautical data, maintains telecommunications infrastructure, radio navigation aids, updates flight procedures and provides emergency services, including
368-616: The north of the dividing boundary (YBBB) is controlled by Brisbane Centre and all airspace to the south of the boundary (YMMM) is controlled by Melbourne Centre. These centres cover the whole of Australia with the exception of Perth and Sydney Terminal Control Units as well as the towers at major airports. In addition, Melbourne Centre is responsible for managing traffic handovers from South Africa , Mauritius , Sri Lanka , Maldives , Indonesia and New Zealand . Brisbane Centre manages traffic handovers from neighbouring flight information regions including East Timor , Papua New Guinea , Fiji and
391-461: The organisation had the appropriate number of operational air traffic controllers to meet its requirements. On 28 July 2010 a Federal Court action was brought against Airservices Australia by two air traffic controllers employed by the agency for alleged bullying and sexual harassment within the workplace. In August 2019 following media publicity over complaints of ongoing sexual harassment, Airservices engaged Elizabeth Broderick and Co to conduct
414-439: The required number of operational ATC staff were available, reflecting the impact of a significant increase in recruitment and training throughout 2008–09. Airservices further plans to recruit close to 100 ATC trainees annually to 2013 to offset the impact of retirements and resignations. In 2013, an independent review of air traffic controller numbers at Airservices by air navigation services provider, NAV CANADA , confirmed that
437-456: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about airports with the same or similar names. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended airport article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portland_Airport&oldid=558759385 " Category : Airport disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
460-513: The union that the problem was caused by a shortage of controllers, the figures provided by Airservices show the average number of controllers has not changed significantly over the previous three years. Complaints by airline Virgin Blue culminated in a demand for $ 500,000 compensation in October 2008. An attempt by Airservices to define obligatory reasonable overtime for its controllers failed in
483-633: Was appointed director-general of Civil Aviation in April 1939, serving until his retirement in August 1944. From June 1946 to December 1955 the director-general was Richard Williams , formerly RAAF Chief of the Air Staff . Donald Anderson held the position of director-general from January 1956 until September 1973. On 30 November 1973 the DCA merged with the Department of Shipping and Transport and became
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#1732779468546506-655: Was split into two separate government organisations in July 1995: Airservices Australia and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). Airservices Australia took responsibility for airspace management, aeronautical information, communications, radio navigation aids, airport rescue firefighting services, and aviation search and rescue, while CASA assumed control of safety regulations, licensing of pilots and aviation engineers, and certification of aircraft and operators. The role of aviation search and rescue
529-656: Was transferred from Airservices Australia to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority in 1997. Since 2015, Thales Australia has been contracted to provide a replacement for TAAATS . The program will be a joint civil-military air traffic management system, called OneSKY, based on the Thales TopSky system. Airservices Australia entered negotiations with the Air Traffic Control union Civil Air in early 2008 to form
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