Air Whitsunday Seaplanes is a Proserpine / Whitsunday Coast Airport based operation providing a range of charter, reef tours, scenic flights and passenger transfers to nearby locations including Hamilton Island, Hayman Island and many natural wonders on the Great Barrier Reef.
Amongst the natural wonders regularly visited or over-flown by Air Whitsunday is Heart Reef, a coral cay shaped like a heart that was ironically discovered in 1975 by an Air Whitsunday pilot.
Since commencing operations in 1973, the focus at Air Whitsunday has always been to provide an unsurpassed seaplane service to the region, and having been voted Best Tour and Transport Operator at the Whitsunday Tourism Awards on two consecative occasions, and awarded finalists in the same category at the Queensland Tourism Awards in 2011, clearly remains a company priority to this very day.
At present, Air Whitsunday operates a modest fleet of de Havilland DHC-2 Beavers and Cessna 208FP Caravans.
Information from the Air Whitsunday website indicates the Cessna Caravan Floatplanes are configured to carry ten passengers (and a pilot), can cruise at 140 knots, and achieve an approximate range of 840nm. Height on land is said to be five meters due to the attached floats.
Meanwhile, it is reported the de Havilland Beavers are configured to carry six passengers (and a pilot), have the ability to cruise at 95 knots, and fly a distance of up to 625nm. Height on land is 4.3 meters.
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