Three Shellharbour councillors have called for an extraordinary meeting to address issues surrounding plans to land a 747-400 at the council-owned Illawarra Regional Airport.
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Last week Qantas said it would donate the aircraft, known as the City of Canberra, to the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society.
It will be the first 747-400 in the world preserved for public display and the biggest aircraft to be on show at the HARS facility at the Albion Park Rail airport.
Qantas plans to deliver the aircraft to the airport early next month, although the proposal still needs to be endorsed by Shellharbour City Council.
A report to be presented to councillors on Tuesday was deferred until February 24. Some councillors expressed concern there would be no time to address issues before the expected delivery of the aircraft in early March.
On Tuesday night Cr Peter Moran said while he didn't have a problem with the 747 becoming a tourist attraction at the airport, any report that came before the council needed to ensure all issues were addressed, hence the need for an extraordinary meeting.
Cr Moran called for a survey on the current condition of the runway at the expense of HARS, and for HARS to provide a bank guarantee any damage would be paid for.
He also questioned if any development applications were required during the process, and how any DA would be approved before early March.
Cr Moran also said an aerial image contained in a councillor newsletter of the approximate location of the 747's resting place indicated the rear of the 747 would overhang the airport's perimeter fence, a public car park and part of Hargraves Avenue.
"Should HARS be paying to lease airspace?" he asked.
HARS president Bob De La Hunty said the council and HARS were working through a comprehensive assessment which involved input from a range of external organisations and agencies.
He expected any concerns councillors had would be addressed by the report.
Mr De La Hunty said the airport runway could handle the landing as the plane was "coming in light" and would be no heavier than some of the business aircraft that land at the airport.
Mr De La Hunty said runway damage caused by the Super Constellation, known as "Connie", in 2014 was on a section of the airport's east-west runway, not the airport's main runway.
"That damage occurred on unrated and unmaintained runway," Mr De La Hunty said.
