Latrobe Regional Airport
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Bandicoot Adventure Flights operate Vintage and Word War 2 aircraft including Tiger Moths, T-6 Texan, and Pitts Special.
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 CAC Sabre, P-51 Mustang, a Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Winjeel and a Douglas DC-3.
Airlines formerly flying to the airport include Aus-Air, Brindabella Airlines, Hazelton Airlines, and Regional Express Airlines.
See also
References
- ^ a b YLTV – Latrobe Valley (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 28 November 2024, Aeronautical Chart
External links
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