Airports / Australia / ARY
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
19 nm
To the nearest alternate
Stawell Airport (SWC) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Ararat Airport (YARA / ARY) sits in Ararat, Australia, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. Field elevation is 1,008 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list ARY as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Stawell Airport (SWC, 19 nm), Hamilton Airport (HLT, 48 nm), and Horsham Airport (HSM, 55 nm).
Trip costs from ARY are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from ARY to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
YARA
IATA
ARY
FAA / Local
YARA
Elevation
1,008 ft
Coordinates
37.3100° S · 142.9887° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Australia fields
state range 7–4,260 ft
At 1,008 ft, ARY sits higher than 81% of the 191 Australia fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 19nmSWCStawell Airport
- 48nmHLTHamilton Airport
- 55nmHSMHorsham Airport
- 65nmWKBWarracknabeal Airport
- 83nmAVVMelbourne Avalon International AirportGeelong/Melbourne
- 91nmMELMelbourne AirportMelbourne
Location
Open the full mapYARA · Ararat Airport · Ararat, Australia