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Latrobe Regional Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Elevation AMSL
  
180 ft / 55 m

1,430
  
4,692

Elevation
  
55 m

Location
  
Morwell, Victoria

03R/21L
  
1,430

Code
  
LTB

Phone
  
+61 3 5174 4702

Latrobe Regional Airport

Operator
  
Latrobe Regional Airport Board

Address
  
75 Airfield Rd, Morwell VIC 3840, Australia

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 of Traralgon.

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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.

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

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    Latrobe Regional Airport Wikipedia