Latrobe Valley Airport (IATA: LTB, ICAO: YLTV) is located in the Latrobe Valley town of Morwell, Victoria, Australia. The airport is about 2 hours' drive east of Melbourne, off the Princes Highway, 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) west of Traralgon.
GippsAero, manufacturer of the GA200 agricultural aircraft and the GA8 Airvan eight seater passenger aircraft, is based at the airport.
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 P-51 Mustang, a Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Winjeel and a Douglas DC-3.
Airlines formerly fling to the airport include Aus-Air, Brindabella Airlines and Hazelton Airlines.
Famous quotes containing the words valley and/or airport:
“Over the mountains of the moon, down the valley of the shadow. Ride, boldly ride, the shade replied, in search of El Dorado.”
—Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
“Airplanes are invariably scheduled to depart at such times as 7:54, 9:21 or 11:37. This extreme specificity has the effect on the novice of instilling in him the twin beliefs that he will be arriving at 10:08, 1:43 or 4:22, and that he should get to the airport on time. These beliefs are not only erroneous but actually unhealthy.”
—Fran Lebowitz (b. 1950)