Bairnsdale Airport

Bairnsdale Aerodrome
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorEast Gippsland Shire Council
LocationBairnsdale, Victoria
Openedc. 1939 – RAAF Station Bairnsdale[1][2][3]
c. 1954 – Civil Airport
Elevation AMSL165 ft / 50 m
Coordinates37°53′15″S 147°34′04″E / 37.88750°S 147.56778°E / -37.88750; 147.56778
Websitewww.eastgippsland.vic.gov.au/Services/Aerodromes/Bairnsdale_Aerodrome_Pilot_Information
Map
YBNS is located in Victoria
YBNS
YBNS
Location in Victoria
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 1,101 3,612 Asphalt
13/31 850 2,789 Asphalt
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[4]

Bairnsdale Airport (IATA: BSJ, ICAO: YBNS) is located 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) south west[4] of Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, off the Princes Highway.

  1. ^ "AERODROMES: To Be Built at Bairnsdale and Mallacoota". Gippsland Times. No. 11, 049. Victoria, Australia. 5 June 1939. p. 4. Retrieved 3 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "AERODROME FOR BAIRNSDALE". Gippsland Times. No. 11, 061. Victoria, Australia. 17 July 1939. p. 4. Retrieved 3 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Oil Supply Removed From Aerodrome". The Age. No. 26, 580. Victoria, Australia. 25 June 1940. p. 10. Retrieved 3 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia. ,...BAIRNSDALE. Monday. – When three planes arrived at the aerodrome to be refuelled...
  4. ^ a b YBNS – Bairnsdale (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 11 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine