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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 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
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
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/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.

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 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.

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

Gallery

• Aircraft
• 
  Bandicoot Adventure Flights de Havilland Tiger Moth DH.82A VH-GWG taxiing
• 
  Aeropower Bell 212 Eagle Single with helicopter bucket
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  Kimberly Air Safaris GippsAero GA8 Airvan

See also

• List of airports in Victoria

References

External links

• Latrobe Regional Airport

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