Horsham Airport | |
Iata: | HSM |
Icao: | YHSM |
Type: | Public |
Operator: | Horsham Rural City Council |
Location: | Horsham, Victoria |
Elevation-F: | 445 |
Coordinates: | -36.6697°N 142.1728°W |
Pushpin Map: | Australia Victoria |
Pushpin Label: | YHSM |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Victoria |
Metric-Rwy: | Y |
R1-Number: | 08/26 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,322 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
R2-Number: | 17/35 |
R2-Length-M: | 999 |
R2-Surface: | asphalt |
Footnotes: | Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1] |
Horsham Airport is located 3NM northwest[1] of Horsham, Victoria, Australia. The terminal is called the "Wade Memorial Terminal".It is home to local aviation clubs; crop dusting firms; a DELWP air base to support fire-fighting and occasional military aircraft; The Horsham Aeromedical Transfer Station which includes two ambulance bays and services patients not just from Horsham, but from surrounding districts as well.
In 2021 a $211,000 upgrade took place, with works including: runway pavement reconstruction, new guidance lighting and the installation of a new backup power generator. The upgrades were made possible after Horsham Rural City Council successfully applied for and matched $105,591 in Federal Government funding which was announced in 2020. https://www.miragenews.com/works-start-on-aerodrome-upgrade-532690/
The airport hosts the a gliding competition in Australia, Horsham Week, held yearly in the first week of February since 1967.