The NSW Regional Airports

In this installment, we look at the remaining regional NSW airports that host weather stations for the RCS network. They are:

1. 053115 - Moree Airport
2. 060139 - Port Macquarie Airport
3. 060141 - Taree Airport
4. 072150 - Wagga Airport
5. 074258 - Deniliquin Airport

A couple of important issues which this examination raises are: just what is the Australian BoM's definition of a "large urban centre", and what impact does siting a weather station adjacent to an airport runway have on "high quality" climate records?  In all of these examples, we see that the weather stations have been located within an airport perimiter - and close to residential housing. Surely "Climate Science" can't be a totally standards-free endeavour?

In addition we see that (again) all of these sites have been photographed in such a way that none of this surrounding environment is apparent.

Moree Airport (1995)

Official BoM photograph:

Google Earth view:

Port Macquarie (1995)

Official BoM photograph:

Google Earth view:

Taree (1997)

Official BoM photograph:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Google Earth view:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Incidentally, this site would not be CRN1-compliant due to the station being less than 100m from the runway.
 
Wagga (1941)
 
Official BoM photograph:

Google Earth view:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This site also likely fails CRN1 status due to the proximity of the building and ashphalted car park.
 
Deniliquin (1997)
 
Official BoM photograph:

Google Earth view:

Summary:
We are now nearly at the quarter-way mark (23 out of 103) and are yet to find a station which clearly meets the twin objectives of high-quality siting away from urban population centres. What a disappointment!

Update:
I notice that his investigation has been mentioned by Andrew Bolt's blog, TWAWKI blog, Watts Up With That blog, and Australian Climate Madness blog. It is my understanding that in the world of "Climate Science" this entitles me to claim "robust, peer reviewed" status for this investigation.