# Benalla Airport (BLN)

> Benalla, AU · IATA: BLN · ICAO: YBLA · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `BLN` |
| ICAO | `YBLA` |
| City | Benalla |
| Country | AU |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 173 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | -36.55190, 146.00700 |

## Description

Sealed and grass runways, dedicated glider strips and pilot-activated lighting: the facilities at Benalla (IATA: BLN, ICAO: YBLA) describe a busy general-aviation and soaring field rather than a commercial airport. Opened in 1941 as an RAAF elementary flying training base under the Empire Air Training Scheme, it has hosted the Gliding Club of Victoria since 1953, alongside the Benalla Aero Club and an aviation museum, and staged the World Gliding Championships in 1987 and 2017. The site sits one kilometre east of the town and is run by Benalla Rural City Council. There are no scheduled passenger or freight services, no cargo terminal and no customs clearance on site, so the airport has no practical air cargo role. Shipments into north-east Victoria route through Melbourne (MEL), roughly 200 km south-west along the Hume Freeway, where handling, customs and intercontinental capacity are available; Albury (ABX), about 90 km north-east, covers domestic needs. Trucking is the standard onward leg.

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