Gulf Coast Aviation Cessna 510 Citation Mustang Bizjet VH-KXM at CQ Airports - Plus More!

On Wednesday 2 March, and after arriving the previous day from Bankstown, Gulf Coast Aviation Cessna 510 Citation Mustang bizjet VH-KXM was noted departing Rockhampton Airport for Emerald and Theodore Airports.

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During the afternoon and evening, VH-KXM then returned to Emerald and Rockhampton Airports.

UPDATE!  On Thursday 3 March, VH-KXM departed Rockhampton Airport for Normanton.

A couple of other corporate bizjet movements, also on Wednesday 2 March, included Execujet Australia Bombardier CL-600-2B16 Challenger 604 bizjet VH-VSZ which arrived into Proserpine (Whitsunday Coast) Airport from Sydney and stayed.

And Mitchell Water Cessna 525 Citation M2 bizjet VH-WMY visited Mackay Airport, flying up from the Sunshine Coast and Dalby before then departing all the way down to Melbourne (Moorabbin) via Melbourne (Essendon) Airport.  It had flown up to the Sunny Coast from Moorabbin the previous day.

Meanwhile, also on Wednesday 2 March, Edwards Coaches Cessna 441 Conquest II VH-OXY popped into Mackay Airport from Armidale and Goondiwindi before then returning later in the day to those places. 

McDermott Aviation Group / Machjet International Beech B200 King Air VH-MWZ was noted flying South from Mackay Airport to the Sunshine Coast.  It appears to have flown up to Mackay Airport from Brisbane late the previous day.

While Seair Pacific / Istlecote Textron Aviation (Cessna) 208B Caravan VH-TLH flew into Middlemount Aerodrome from Hervey Bay (Fraser Coast) Airport before later flying back to Hervey Bay Airport via Maryborough Airport.. 

And DeGunst Transport P/L Textron (Cessna) 208 Caravan VH-NPZ departed its Bundaberg Airport base for Archerfield and back to Bundy before then flying up to Rockhampton Airport and back to down to Gladstone Airport.

Finally, also on Wednesday 2 March, Skytrans Airlines Dash-8-100 VH-QQI departed Rockhampton Airport for Mackay Airport as SKP785 before then flying three return flights to the Labona Station Airstrip within Adani Australia's (Bravus Mining & Resources) Carmichael Coal Mine site and back to Mackay Airport. At the time of writing, VH-QQI was due to depart Mackay Airport for Cairns early on Thursday 3 March.

While fellow Skytrans Dash-8-100 VH-QQC arrived into Rockhampton Airport from Cairns and Proserpine (Whitsunday Coast) Airports as SKP87.  It then completed a return flight to Labona and back to Rockhampton Airport as SKP777/8.  VH-QQC then returned to Proserpine and Cairns Airports as SKP88.

Photo taken by Russell Prothero  ©