Strahan Airport

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Strahan Airport
IATA: SRN - ICAO: YSRN
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator West Coast Council
Serves West Coast, Tasmania
Elevation AMSL 65 ft (20 m)
Coordinates 42°9′20″S, 145°17′23″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 4,002 1,220 Asphalt

Strahan Airport (IATA: SRNICAO: YSRN) is an airport located 3 km west of Strahan, Tasmania, Australia. It is the main airport for the West Coast of Tasmania, and is owned and maintained by the West Coast Council.

It was known earlier as Strahan Aerodrome.

It has a north south alignment and runs parallel to Ocean Beach.

Helicopter and fixed wing flights operate from here for charter flights into the south-west wilderness area, or over locations in western Tasmania. There are currently no regular passenger flights to Strahan from other airports in Tasmania.

West Coast Tasmania airspace is controlled from Melbourne Airport in Victoria.

Previously, in the 1970s, a runway was utilised at Queenstown and Strahan, and if weather conditions were difficult at Queenstown, Strahan would be the alternative landing location. Airlines of Tasmania ran the service.

Bureau of Metereology climate averages from the period 1976 to 2004 are available