Coldstream Airport

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Coldstream Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OwnerDoake family
OperatorYarra Valley Flight Training
LocationColdstream, Victoria
Opened17 March 1962 (1962-03-17)
Elevation  AMSL 280 ft / 85 m
Coordinates 37°43′42″S145°24′30″E / 37.72833°S 145.40833°E / -37.72833; 145.40833
Website www.ycem.com.au
Map
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YCEM
Location in Victoria
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
17/357952,608Sealed [1]
Sources: AIP [2]

Coldstream Airport( ICAO : YCEM) is a small Australian regional airfield located in the township of Coldstream in Greater Melbourne, Victoria.

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Coldstream is one of two airports in the 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 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. [3] The runway was sealed in April 2014, [1] and is the only sealed strip in the Yarra Valley.

The airfield was also the base of AvServe until 2018 when it closed down.

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References

  1. 1 2 "YCEM - Coldstream Airfield - 2014 April CFI". Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  2. YCEM – Coldstream  (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia , effective 2023-03-23
  3. Carey, Adam (4 June 2011). "Royal Aero Club ditches its rough diamond". The Age. Retrieved 13 February 2014.