Benalla Airport

{{Short description|Australian Airport}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}

{{Use Australian English|date=May 2013}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Benalla Airport

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| IATA = BLN

| ICAO = YBLA

| type = Public

| owner =

| operator = Benalla Rural City Council

| city-served =

| location = Benalla, Victoria

| elevation-f = 569

| coordinates = {{coord|36|33|06|S|146|00|24|E|region:AU-VIC|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Australia Victoria

| pushpin_label = YBLA

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Victoria

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| metric-rwy = Y

| r1-number = 08R/26L

| r1-length-m = 1,043

| r1-surface = Bitumen

| r2-number = 08L/26R

| r2-length-m = 1,043

| r2-surface = Grass

| r3-number = 17R/35L

| r3-length-m = 718

| r3-surface = Grass

| r4-number = 17L/35R

| r4-length-m = 718

| r4-surface = Grass

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| footnotes = Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart{{AIP AU|YBLA|name=Benalla}}, [http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dap/BLAAD01-118.pdf Aeronautical Chart] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411032724/http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dap/BLAAD01-118.pdf |date=11 April 2012 }}

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Benalla Airport {{Airport codes|BLN|YBLA}} is located 1 km east of Benalla, Victoria, Australia. Benalla Airport is the home of the Gliding Club of Victoria.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}

The airport was opened in 1941, as one of the many training bases in southern Australia supporting the commitment of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) to the Empire Air Training Scheme, and the No. 11 Elementary Flying School was based there between 1941 and 1945.{{cite web |title=Benalla |url=https://www.airforce.gov.au/sites/default/files/minisite/static/7522/RAAFmuseum/research/bases/benalla.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319004221/https://www.airforce.gov.au/sites/default/files/minisite/static/7522/RAAFmuseum/research/bases/benalla.htm |archive-date=2022-03-19 |accessdate=2020-04-06 |publisher=RAAF Museum Point Cook}}

The World Gliding Championship was held at the Airport in 1987{{cn|date=October 2024}} and 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.fai.org/news/34th-fai-world-gliding-championships-2017-are-declared-open|title=34th FAI World Gliding Championships 2017 are declared open}}