# RAAF Base East Sale, Australia

**RAAF Base East Sale** is a medium airport in Victoria, Australia. It opened in 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,437 m (7,995 ft).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymes

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Victoria, Australia
- Opened: 1943
- Elevation: 7 m / 23 ft
- Coordinates: -38.0989, 147.1490
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,437 m / 7,995 ft
- Time zone: UTC+11/+10 · Australia/Melbourne
- Website: http://www.defence.gov.au/raaf/bases/eastsale/index.htm
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAAF_Base_East_Sale (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7274959
- Weather station: YMES · WMO 94907
- Ident: YMES

## Timeline

- 1943: RAAF Base East Sale opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 2,437 m / 7,995 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 054° / 234° | yes |
| 09/27 | 2,230 m / 7,316 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 099° / 279° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,437 m / 7,995 ft | =2,790 of 29,858 | #59 in Oceania | #35 in AU |
| Elevation | 7 m / 23 ft | =41,032 of 43,403 | =1,986 in Oceania | =1,171 in AU |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =57 in Oceania | =34 in AU |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania | =33 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | SALE APP | 123.300 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 31.620 |
| CLD | SALE CLNC DEL | 133.600 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.300 |
| FSS | MELBOURNE CNTR | 124.000 |
| GND | SALE GND | 134.100 |
| TWR | SALE TWR | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [SXE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ywsl.md) West Sale Airport · 16 km / 10 mi
- [BSJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybns.md) Bairnsdale Airport · 44 km / 27 mi
- [TGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yltv.md) Latrobe Valley Airport · 61 km / 38 mi
- [MHU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yhot.md) Mount Hotham Airport · 118 km / 73 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymes/data