Latrobe Valley Airport

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Latrobe Valley Airport
IATA: LTB - ICAO: YLTV
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Latrobe City Council
Serves		Morwell, Victoria
Elevation AMSL		180 ft (55 m)
Coordinates		38°12′26″S, 146°28′13″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
03/21	4,692	1,430	Asphalt
09/27	3,015	919	Gravel
09/27 Grass	1,761	537	Grass

Latrobe Valley Airport (IATA: LTB, ICAO: YLTV) is located in the Latrobe Valley town of Morwell, Victoria, Australia. The airport is about 2 hours east of Melbourne, off Princes Highway, on the west side of Traralgon.

Gippsland Aeronautics, manufacturer of the GA200 agricultural aircraft and the GA8 Airvan eight seater passenger aircraft have their base here. Hazelton, Aus-Air (until they ceased operations in mid-1999) and Island Airlines run scheduled flights from the airfield. The Latrobe Valley Aero Club (LVAC) is also located here.

The airfield was originally located at Morwell and at Moe before moving to the present site - and the LVAC was instrumental in making the present field into a regional airport. The terminal building contains some displays of aviation artifacts - as does the club-house. There is also the Latrobe Flying Museum - its fleet consisting of a P-51 Mustang, a Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Winjeel and a Douglas DC-3 (Dakota).

Brindabella Airlines operated a service to its Canberra Airport hub to cater for public servants travelling to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in Traralgon. The service ran from 5 September 2005 and was suspended in May 2006 due to low load factors.