Warnervale as Major Airport

WARNERVALE AS MAJOR AIRPORT Warnervale airfield is to be developed for future use as a general aviation field. The expanding role for the existing strip and airways facilities at Warnervale was decided at Wyong Shire Council’s last meeting. Warnervale is one of two sites on the Central Coast selected by the Gosford-Wyong Steering Committee as suitable for large airfields. The other is at Mt. Penang in Gosford Shire. The Warnervale field is to be developed adjoining the existing runway for use by light aircraft in the short term, with the potential for use as a general aviation field in the long term. The present runway is north-south. The future development of an east-west runway will be subject to future demand. Council last Wednesday adopted its town planning committee’s recommendations. Dwellings will not be allowed to be built on any of the properties within the designated boundary, nor within the area subject to the Noise Effect Zone for the north-west runway. Information about the possible east-west runway will be sent to the NSW Planning & Environment Commission for investigation and report back to Council. Shire Clerk (Mr J. Dawson) was authorised to prepare a report, including cost, of acquiring the land needed for the proposed improvements to the existing north-south runway, after consultation with Wyong Aero Club. However the flight path for any east-west runway at Warnervale would impinge on a small privately operated airfield near Wyong. This is the one operated by Mr Parry, to the west of Warner Avenue. While Council has approved of Mr Parry’s airfield, the P.E.C. advised in 1974 that it had “reservations” about the permanent licensing of this field.