Latrobe Regional Airport

Latrobe Regional Airport
IATA: TGN – ICAO: YLTV
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Latrobe Regional Airport Board
Location Morwell, Victoria
Elevation AMSL 180 ft / 55 m
Coordinates 38°12′26″S 146°28′13″E / 38.20722°S 146.47028°E / -38.20722; 146.47028Coordinates: 38°12′26″S 146°28′13″E / 38.20722°S 146.47028°E / -38.20722; 146.47028
Map
YLTV

Location in Victoria

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03R/21L 1,430 4,692 Asphalt
09/27 919 3,015 Gravel
03L/21L 537 1,762 Grass
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1]

Latrobe Regional Airport (formerly Latrobe Valley Airport) (IATA: TGN, ICAO: YLTV) is located between the Latrobe Valley towns of Morwell and Traralgon, Victoria, Australia. The airport is about 90 minutes drive east of Melbourne, off the Princes Highway, 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) west[1] of Traralgon.

GippsAero, manufacturer of the GA200 agricultural aircraft and the GA8 Airvan eight seater passenger aircraft, is based at the airport.

The airfield was originally located at Morwell and at Moe before moving to the present site. The terminal building contains some displays of aviation artifacts. 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.

Airlines formerly flying to the airport include Aus-Air, Brindabella Airlines and Hazelton Airlines.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 YLTV – Latrobe Valley (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 29 May 2014, Aeronautical Chart

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