Tyabb Airport
Tyabb Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Peninsula Aero Club | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Tyabb, Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 88 ft / 27 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°16′0″S 145°10′46″E / 38.26667°S 145.17944°E | ||||||||||||||
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Tyabb Airport (ICAO: YTYA), also called Tyabb Airfield,[2] is a small regional airport located just west of the town of Tyabb, Victoria on the Mornington Peninsula.
Peninsula Aero Club use various different aircraft to train their student pilots, Aeroprakt A22-LS Foxbat, Cessna 152, Cessna 172, Beechcraft Sierra, American Champion Decathlon, Beechcraft Travel Air, and Partenavia P68B.
The airport is the site of the Tyabb Air Show, which is held every two years.[3]
Now starting to prepare for the 2026 Tyabb Airshow, looking to break record attendance from 2024.
As of 2024[update], it was also the home base of a number of World War II-era warbirds, including an ex-USAAF Curtis P-40 Kittyhawk and an Australian-built ex-RAAF CA-18 Mustang.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ YTYA – Tyabb (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 20 March 2025
- ^ "Tyabb Airfield Community Reference Group". Shire of Mornington Peninsula. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Bull, Sandra (4 March 2014). "Eyes on skies at Tyabb Air Show". Peninsula Weekly. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ McGrath, Gavin (29 September 2024). "Historic World War II aircraft hidden in plain sight at regional airfields". ABC News. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
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