Latrobe Regional Airport

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 160 kilometres east of Melbourne, off the Princes Highway, 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) west[1] of Traralgon.

Latrobe Regional Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorLatrobe Regional Airport Board
LocationMorwell, Victoria
Elevation AMSL180 ft / 55 m
Coordinates38°12′26″S 146°28′13″E
Map
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Location in Victoria
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03R/21L 1,430 4,692 Asphalt
09/27 919 3,015 Gravel
03L/21R 537 1,762 Grass
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1]

Users

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.

The Latrobe Valley Aero Club operates out of Latrobe Regional Airport, providing services to the surrounding community such as Flight Training, Aircraft Rental, Air Charter, Scenic Flights and Air Safari's. Bandicoot Adventure Flights operate vintage and World War II aircraft including Tiger Moths, a T-6 Texan, and a Pitts Special. 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. As of 2017 this museum is closed.

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

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

See also

References
  1. YLTV – Latrobe Valley (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 2023-09-07, Aeronautical Chart


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