Launceston Airport

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Launceston Airport
IATA: LST - ICAO: YMLT
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Australia Pacific Airports
Serves		Launceston, Tasmania
Elevation AMSL		562 ft (171 m)
Coordinates		41°32′43″S, 147°12′51″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
14R/32L	6,499	1,981	Asphalt
14L/32R	2,297	700	Asphalt
18/36	2,264	690	Asphalt

Launceston Airport (IATA: LST, ICAO: YMLT) is the airport of Launceston, Tasmania. It is located 15 km south-east of Launceston. The first air travel facility on the site was the Western Junction Aerodrome, first used in 1930.

In 1962 a plan for major redevelopment of the airport was approved. This included strengthening of all pavements, a runway extension, and soon after a new terminal building. The site was officially reopened under the name of Launceston Airport in 1962. In October 1982 the runway was once again upgraded, to unlimited Boeing 727 standard. In 1998 the airport was privatised, now being owned by a group known as Australia Pacific Airports (Launceston) Pty. Ltd - a partially owned subsidiary of Australia Pacific Airports Corporation, the owner of Melbourne Airport.

[edit] Airlines and Destinations

• Airlines of Tasmania (Flinders Island)
• Qantas (Melbourne)
  • Jetstar Airways (Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney)
• Virgin Blue (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane)

[edit] External link

• Launceston Airport