Ravensthorpe Airport is an airport near Ravensthorpe

Ravensthorpe, Western Australia

Ravensthorpe is a town 541 km south east of Perth, 40 km inland from the south coast of Western Australia. It is the seat of government of the Shire of Ravensthorpe...

, Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

. The airport is located 31 km south of Ravensthorpe

Ravensthorpe, Western Australia

Ravensthorpe is a town 541 km south east of Perth, 40 km inland from the south coast of Western Australia. It is the seat of government of the Shire of Ravensthorpe...

 and 19 km north of Hopetoun

Hopetoun, Western Australia

Hopetoun is a town on the south coast of Western Australia in the Shire of Ravensthorpe. Located on Mary Ann Haven, Hopetoun is some south-east from capital city Perth and west of Esperance.-History:...

. The $5 million dollar airport was opened on December 5, 2004, when the first flight landed. The airport is managed by the Shire of Ravensthorpe

Shire of Ravensthorpe

The Shire of Ravensthorpe is a Local Government Area in the southern Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, about halfway between the city of Albany and the town of Esperance and about southeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of , and its seat of government is the...

, and was built to support the local mine. The airport also received $17,000 in funds for security upgrades in 2005.http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?/news/australia/wa/kalgoor/200509/s1459047.htm

External links

• Ravensthorpe Airport Newsletter