Tyabb Airport

{{Use Australian English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox airport | name = Tyabb Airport | nativename = | nativename-a = | nativename-r = | image = | image-width = | caption = | IATA = | ICAO = YTYA | type = Private | owner = | operator = Peninsula Aero Club | city-served = | location = [[Tyabb, Victoria]] | elevation-f = 88 | coordinates = {{coord|38|16|0|S|145|10|46|E|region:AU-VIC|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Australia Victoria | pushpin_label = YTYA | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Victoria | website = | metric-rwy = Y | r1-number = 17/35 | r1-length-m = 1000 | r1-surface = Asphalt | r2-number = 08/26 | r2-length-m = 600 | r2-surface = Grass | h1-number = H1 | h1-length-m = 8 | h1-surface = Asphalt | h2-number = H2 | h2-length-m = 8 | h2-surface = Asphalt | stat-year = | stat1-header = | stat1-data = | stat2-header = | stat2-data = | footnotes = Sources: [[Aeronautical Information Publication|AIP]]<ref name="AIP">{{AIP AU|YTYA|name=Tyabb}}</ref> }} '''Tyabb Airport''' {{airport codes||YTYA}}, also called '''Tyabb Airfield''',<ref name="tacrg">{{cite web |title=Tyabb Airfield Community Reference Group |url=https://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/Building-Planning/Strategic-Planning/Strategic-Planning-Projects/Tyabb-Airfield-Community-Reference-Group |publisher=Shire of Mornington Peninsula |accessdate=25 January 2019 |archive-date=15 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115105327/https://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/Building-Planning/Strategic-Planning/Strategic-Planning-Projects/Tyabb-Airfield-Community-Reference-Group |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 A-22 Foxbat|Aeroprakt A22-LS Foxbat]], [[Cessna 152]], [[Cessna 172]], [[Beechcraft Sierra]], [[American Champion Decathlon]], [[Beechcraft Travel Air]], and [[Partenavia P.68|Partenavia P68B]].

The airport is the site of the Tyabb Air Show, which is held every two years.<ref name="penweekly">{{cite news|url=http://www.peninsulaweekly.com.au/story/293236/eyes-on-skies-at-tyabb-air-show/|title=Eyes on skies at Tyabb Air Show|last=Bull|first=Sandra|date=4 March 2014|access-date=13 February 2014|newspaper=Peninsula Weekly|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221182711/http://www.peninsulaweekly.com.au/story/293236/eyes-on-skies-at-tyabb-air-show/|archive-date=21 February 2014}}</ref>

{{As of|2024}}, it was also the home base of a number of World War II-era [[warbird]]s, including an ex-[[USAAF]] [[Curtis P-40 Warhawk|Curtis P-40 Kittyhawk]] and an Australian-built ex-[[RAAF]] [[North American P-51 Mustang#Australia|CA-18 Mustang]].<ref name="abc 2024-09-29">{{cite news |last1=McGrath |first1=Gavin |title=Historic World War II aircraft hidden in plain sight at regional airfields |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-29/warbirds-spitfire-mustang-kittyhawk-fly-from-remote-airfields/104395060 |access-date=30 September 2024 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |date=29 September 2024 |language=en-AU}}</ref>

==See also== * [[List of airports in Victoria (Australia)|List of airports in Victoria]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://pac.asn.au/ Peninsula Aero Club] * [https://tyabbairshow.com/ Tyabb Air Show]

[[Category:Airports in Victoria (state)]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula]]