Hamilton Airport (Victoria)

Hamilton Airport
IATA: HLT ICAO: YHML
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Southern Grampians Shire Council
Location	Hamilton, Victoria
Elevation AMSL	803 ft / 245 m
Coordinates	37°38′54″S 142°03′54″E / 37.64833°S 142.06500°E / -37.64833; 142.06500
Map
YHML Location in Victoria
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 1,233 4,045 Gravel 17/35 1,404 4,606 Asphalt
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1]

Hamilton Airport (IATA: HLT, ICAO: YHML) is located 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) north of Hamilton, Victoria, Australia. The airport is about 300 km (190 mi) west of Melbourne. Sharp Airlines was established at the airport and despite cancelling scheduled service in December 2014, retains a flying school at Hamilton.^[2] The airport is also home to the Hamilton Aero Club. The airport is operated by the Southern Grampians Shire Council.^[3]

The terminal, called the Sir RM Ansett Terminal, is named after Reginald Myles Ansett, who founded Ansett Airways at Hamilton in 1936. The Ansett Transport Museum is housed in the company's first aircraft hangar.^[4]

During World War II, the airport was home to the Royal Australian Air Force Armament School until 1943, when it relocated to Nhill.

See also

• List of airports in Victoria, Australia

References

1. YHML – Hamilton (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 27 November 2025, Aeronautical Chart Archived 10 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
2. Alex Sinnott (26 September 2014). "Hamilton flights grounded as Sharp Airlines eye Warrnambool return". The Warrnambool Standard. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
3. "Southern Grampians Shire Council: Hamilton Airport". Archived from the original on 9 September 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
4. "Sir Reginald Ansett Transport Museum".