Coldstream Airport is a small Australian regional airfield located in the township of
Coldstream
Coldstream ( gd, An Sruthan Fuar , sco, Caustrim) is a town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. A former burgh, Coldstream is the home of the Coldstream Guards, a regiment in the British Army.
Description
Coldstream l ...
in
Greater Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metrop ...
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Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
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Coldstream is one of two airports in the
Yarra Valley
The Yarra Valley is the region surrounding the Yarra River in Victoria, Australia. The river originates approximately east of the Melbourne central business district and flows towards it and out into Port Phillip Bay. The name Yarra Valley ...
serving the general aviation needs of outer eastern Melbourne, with the other being
Lilydale Airport.
History
The airstrip at Coldstream was established in March 1962 by Jim Doake, and the airport is still owned by the Doake family. From January 1996, the airfield was operated by the
Royal Victorian Aero Club
The Royal Victorian Aero Club is an Australian aero club based at Moorabbin Airport in Melbourne.
History
Founded by pioneer aviators in 1914 at Point Cook, the club is one of Australia's oldest flying training organisations.
The Australi ...
as the base for its flight training school. In February 2011, the RVAC committee voted to relinquish its operation of the airfield, and the flying school's chief pilot, Bob Boyd, took over its operation as Yarra Valley Flight Training on 1 August 2011.
The runway was sealed in April 2014,
and is the only sealed strip in the Yarra Valley.
The airfield was also the base of AvServe until 2018 when it closed down.
See also
*
List of airports in Victoria
References
External links
Coldstream AirportYarra Valley Flight TrainingAvServe
Airports in Victoria (state)
1962 establishments in Australia
Airports established in 1962
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