Airports / Australia / YMES
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
9 nm
To the nearest alternate
West Sale Airport (SXE) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
RAAF Base East Sale (YMES) is a mid-sized airport serving Australia. Field elevation is 23 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list YMES as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are West Sale Airport (SXE, 9 nm), Bairnsdale Airport (BSJ, 24 nm), and Latrobe Valley Airport (TGN, 33 nm).
Trip costs from YMES 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 YMES to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
YMES
IATA
—
FAA / Local
YMES
Elevation
23 ft
Coordinates
38.0989° S · 147.1490° 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 23 ft, YMES sits lower than 91% 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.
- 9nmSXEWest Sale AirportSale
- 24nmBSJBairnsdale AirportBairnsdale
- 33nmTGNLatrobe Valley AirportMorwell
- 64nmMHUMount Hotham AirportMount Hotham
- 97nmMBWMelbourne Moorabbin AirportMelbourne
- 108nmBLNBenalla AirportBenalla
Location
Open the full mapYMES · RAAF Base East Sale