{"id":389200,"date":"2026-03-18T11:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T01:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/australianaviation.com.au\/?p=1429593"},"modified":"2026-03-18T11:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T01:07:00","slug":"regional-airports-losing-average-of-200k-per-year-report-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=389200","title":{"rendered":"Regional airports losing average of $200k per year, report finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"640\" height=\"362\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2NDAiIGhlaWdodD0iMzYyIj48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIj48YW5pbWF0ZSBhdHRyaWJ1dGVOYW1lPSJmaWxsIiB2YWx1ZXM9InJnYmEoMTUzLDE1MywxNTMsMC41KTtyZ2JhKDE1MywxNTMsMTUzLDAuMSk7cmdiYSgxNTMsMTUzLDE1MywwLjUpIiBkdXI9IjJzIiByZXBlYXRDb3VudD0iaW5kZWZpbml0ZSIgLz48L3JlY3Q+PC9zdmc+\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image wp-image-1429595 wp-post-1429593\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-public-id=\"Australian Aviation\/a7GRWlqw_xpj61n\/a7GRWlqw_xpj61n.jpg\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-transformations=\"f_auto\" data-version=\"1773795960\" data-seo=\"1\" data-responsive=\"1\" data-size=\"640 362\" data-delivery=\"upload\" onload=\";window.CLDBind?CLDBind(this):null;\" data-cloudinary=\"lazy\" \/>In its Regional Airports Financial Sustainability Survey 2026, conducted alongside Regional Capitals Australia, the Australian Airports Association found losses from \u201caround $100,000 into the millions\u201d, with 23 airports forced to defer capital upgrades due to financial constraints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In its Regional Airports Financial Sustainability Survey 2026, conducted alongside Regional Capitals Australia, the Australian Airports Association found losses from \u201caround $100,000 into the millions\u201d, with 23 airports forced to defer capital upgrades&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[475,273,312,471],"tags":[472],"class_list":["post-389200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airports","category-australia","category-aviation","category-news","tag-australian"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=389200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":389201,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389200\/revisions\/389201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=389200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=389200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=389200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}