Airports / Australia / SXE
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
9 nm
To the nearest alternate
RAAF Base East Sale (YMES) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
West Sale Airport (YWSL / SXE) sits in Sale, Australia, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 72 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
SXE has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include RAAF Base East Sale (YMES, 9 nm), Latrobe Valley Airport (TGN, 24 nm), and Bairnsdale Airport (BSJ, 31 nm).
Quotes for flights out of SXE vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from SXE, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
YWSL
IATA
SXE
FAA / Local
YWSL
Elevation
72 ft
Coordinates
38.0908° S · 146.9653° 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 72 ft, SXE sits lower than 72% 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.
- 9nmYMESRAAF Base East Sale
- 24nmTGNLatrobe Valley AirportMorwell
- 31nmBSJBairnsdale AirportBairnsdale
- 65nmMHUMount Hotham AirportMount Hotham
- 88nmMBWMelbourne Moorabbin AirportMelbourne
- 100nmMEBMelbourne Essendon AirportEssendon Fields
Location
Open the full mapYWSL · West Sale Airport · Sale, Australia