Car hire Orange Airport

Orange Airport serves the New South Wales city of the same name, which is less than seven miles away with car hire in Orange Airport. More than 53,000 people boarded this airport's Regional Express flights to Sydney in 2010. These flights depart four times each weekday and twice on weekends from the airport, which is Australia's 57th busiest.

Orange Airport facilities

This airport stands more than 3,100 feet above the community of Huntley. One of its two runways has a grassed, red clay surface while the other runway is asphalt. Few amenities are found within this tiny airport, but a plethora of locations to compare car hire for the best bargains are among those that do exist.

Orange Airport excursions

Despite Orange's name, oranges are among the few fruits which do not grow in this Central West region. The volcanic Mount Canobolas towers over its serene namesake lake, which is just eight miles southwest of Orange with car rental in Orange Airport. The volcanic soil along the cool mountain slopes of Mount Canobolas provides ideal wine producing conditions.

Best time to visit

Orange's climate may be too cool for orange growing, but its climate is otherwise pleasant, even though its winters and summers are cooler than those experienced in most large Australian cities. Snowfall remains relatively scarce, except in higher altitudes. The cool summers attract many visitors from warmer cities looking for an escape from the heat at home.

Car rental in Orange Airport

Orange's major road is the Mitchell Highway, which travels east to Bathurst and northwest to Bourke, Molong, Wellington and Dubbo. The Great Western Highway travels 160 miles to Sydney, while the Newell Highway leads north to Brisbane and south to Melbourne. A bypass road called the Northern Distributor Road opened in 2007.