Airports / Australia / SWC
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
19 nm
To the nearest alternate
Ararat Airport (ARY) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Stawell Airport (YSWL / SWC) sits in Australia, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 807 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into SWC for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Ararat Airport (ARY, 19 nm), Horsham Airport (HSM, 36 nm), and Hamilton Airport (HLT, 47 nm).
Charter pricing from SWC depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from SWC.
Field capability
ICAO
YSWL
IATA
SWC
FAA / Local
YSWL
Elevation
807 ft
Coordinates
37.0717° S · 142.7410° 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 807 ft, SWC sits higher than 73% 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.
- 19nmARYArarat AirportArarat
- 36nmHSMHorsham Airport
- 47nmHLTHamilton Airport
- 48nmWKBWarracknabeal Airport
- 83nmHTUHopetoun Airport
- 96nmPTJPortland Airport
Location
Open the full mapYSWL · Stawell Airport