{{Short description|Airport at Strahan, Tasmania, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2013}} {{Infobox airport | name = Strahan Airport | image = Strahan Airport 1.JPG | caption = Strahan Airport facilities from edge of aircraft parking apron looking southeast | IATA = SRN | ICAO = YSRN | type = Public | owner-oper = [[West Coast Council]] | city-served = [[West Coast, Tasmania]] | location = [[Strahan, Tasmania]] | elevation-f = 66 | coordinates = {{coord|42|09|20|S|145|17|29|E|region:AU-TAS|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Tasmania | pushpin_label = YSRN | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tasmania | image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|type=shape|stroke-width=2|stroke-color=#000000|zoom=14}} | mapframe = yes | website = | metric-rwy = Y | r1-number = 18/36 | r1-length-m = 1,220 | r1-surface = Asphalt | stat-year = | stat1-header = | stat1-data = | stat2-header = | stat2-data = | footnotes = Sources: Australian [[Aeronautical Information Publication|AIP]] and aerodrome chart<ref name="AIP">{{AIP AU|YSRN|name=Strahan}}, [http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dap/SRNAD01-125.pdf Aeronautical Chart]</ref> }} '''Strahan Airport''' {{airport codes|SRN|YSRN}} is an airport located {{Convert|2|NM|lk=in}} west<ref name="AIP"/> of [[Strahan, Tasmania]], Australia. It is the main airport for the [[West Coast, Tasmania|West Coast of Tasmania]], and is owned and maintained by the [[West Coast Council]]. The need for an airport in the area was suggested in the 1950s,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52767204 |title=Seeks Airport for Strahan|newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|The Examiner]] |location=Launceston, Tasmania |date=17 January 1950 |accessdate=31 July 2011 |page=4}}</ref> and suggestions for upgrades have occurred over time.<ref>[http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/144243106 Barnett push for airport upgrade] ''[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]]'' 3 November 2002</ref><ref>[http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/121255366 Air service lift for West Coast] ''The Mercury'' 3 October 2004</ref><ref>[http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/119931240 Revamp of airport must consider cost] ''The Mercury'' 6 March 2005</ref>
==History and facilities== Proposals for an aerodrome at Strahan were made in 1937,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68467860 |title=STRAHAN COUNCIL. |newspaper=[[The Advocate (Tasmania)|The Advocate (Australia)]] |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=22 March 1937 |accessdate=3 November 2018 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and 1950.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69214902 |title=AERODROME PROPOSAL |newspaper=[[The Advocate (Tasmania)|The Advocate (Australia)]] |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=14 April 1950 |accessdate=3 November 2018 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26742049 |title=Aerodrome Sought For Strahan |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |volume=CLXVIII |issue=24,939 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=24 November 1950 |accessdate=3 November 2018 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Strahan Airport, previously known as Strahan Aerodrome,<ref>{{Citation | author1=Henty, Denham | title=Commonwealth offer on Strahan aerodrome | date=1965-03-05 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/195065259 | accessdate=3 November 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237708891 |title=COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Civil Aviation Act 1988 NOTICE UNDER SECTION 49 – TRANSFER OF LEASEHOLD INTERESTS TO THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Periodic |issue=P12 |location=Australia |date=9 June 1989 |accessdate=3 November 2018 |page=67 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> has a north–south alignment and runs parallel to [[Ocean Beach (Tasmania)|Ocean Beach]]. Like the rest of West Coast Tasmania, Strahan Airport airspace is controlled from [[Melbourne Airport]] in [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]].
Helicopter and fixed wing flights operate from here for charter flights into the [[South West Wilderness|south-west wilderness area]], or over locations in western Tasmania. In May 2019, [[Par Avion (airline)|Par Avion]] commenced a thrice weekly service between Hobart and Strahan.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/5975862/new-strahan-flights-a-catalyst-for-tourism-growth/ |title = New Strahan flights a 'catalyst' for tourism growth|date = 26 March 2019}}</ref>
Previously, in the 1970s, a runway was utilised at [[Queenstown Airport, Tasmania|Howards Plains]] – just west of [[Queenstown, Tasmania|Queenstown]] and Strahan, and if weather conditions were difficult at Queenstown, Strahan would be the alternative landing location. Par Avion operated the service.
Lack of animal proof fencing has created a need for the landing strip to be checked and cleared before emergency landings by the [[Royal Flying Doctor Service]].<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-19/airline-runway-wildlife-put-on-notice/4208504?section=tas Airline runway wildlife put on notice] ''[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]'' 19 August 2012</ref>
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