Birchip Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Buloke Shire Council | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Birchip, Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 340 ft / 104 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°00′S142°55′E / 36.000°S 142.917°E Coordinates: 36°00′S142°55′E / 36.000°S 142.917°E | ||||||||||||||
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  YBIR Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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Birchip Airport( ICAO : YBIR) is located at Birchip, Victoria, Australia.
The Shire of Buloke is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 8,000 square kilometres (3,100 sq mi) and, in June 2018, had a population of 6,184. It includes the towns of Birchip, Charlton, Donald, Sea Lake and Wycheproof. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Wycheproof, Shire of Birchip, Shire of Charlton, Shire of Donald, and parts of the Shire of Kara Kara.
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