# Ararat Airport (ARY)

> Ararat, AU · IATA: ARY · ICAO: YARA · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `ARY` |
| ICAO | `YARA` |
| City | Ararat |
| Country | AU |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 307 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | -37.30998, 142.98869 |

## Description

Ararat Airport (ARY/YARA) is a busy field with almost no freight: gliding clubs, flight training and visiting light aircraft account for most movements, and because no scheduled airline serves it, there is no belly cargo capacity either. Owned by Ararat Rural City Council, the aerodrome lies about 7 km south-west of Ararat on the Western Highway in western Victoria and offers a sealed runway of roughly 1,240 metres plus a grass strip. There is no cargo terminal, customs clearance or resident ground handler on site, so shippers in the Grampians and Wimmera districts consolidate at Melbourne Tullamarine (MEL), Victoria's international air cargo gateway around 200 road kilometres east, or at Avalon (AVV) roughly 150 km away. Wool, grain, wine and spare parts for the region's wind farms and agricultural machinery therefore travel by road feeder service along the A8 Western Highway before being flown out. Ararat's practical value in the logistics chain is as an emergency and aerial firefighting base and as a general aviation field, not as a freight point.

---

*Freight Academy — Airport Profile: [https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/ararat-airport-ary](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/ararat-airport-ary)*

*Markdown mirror: [https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/ararat-airport-ary](https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/ararat-airport-ary)*

*LLM-Summary (JSON): https://www.freight-academy.com/api/v1/airports/ararat-airport-ary/llm-summary*