# West Sale Airport (SXE / YWSL)

**West Sale Airport** (IATA: SXE, ICAO: YWSL) is a medium airport in Sale, Victoria, Australia. It has 3 runways; the longest is 1,527 m (5,010 ft). It is operated by Shire of Wellington.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SXE / YWSL
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Shire of Wellington
- Serves: Sale, Victoria, Australia
- Elevation: 22 m / 72 ft
- Coordinates: -38.0908, 146.9653
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 1,527 m / 5,010 ft
- Time zone: UTC+11/+10 · Australia/Melbourne
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Sale_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7986421
- Weather station: YMES · WMO 94907
- Ident: YWSL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 1,527 m / 5,010 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 100° / 280° | yes |
| 14/32 | 699 m / 2,293 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Grass | 146° / 326° |  |
| 05/23 | 500 m / 1,640 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Grass | 057° / 237° |  |

- 14/32 slopes 1.3%: threshold 14 at 20 m / 64 ft, threshold 32 at 28 m / 93 ft.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,527 m / 5,010 ft | =6,309 of 29,858 | =347 in Oceania | =256 in AU |
| Elevation | 22 m / 72 ft | =38,075 of 43,403 | =1,668 in Oceania | =1,015 in AU |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =22 in Oceania | =9 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | SALE APP | 123.300 |
| CLD | SALE CLNC DEL | 133.600 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.300 |
| FSS | MELBOURNE CNTR | 124.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [YMES](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymes.md) RAAF Base East Sale · 16 km / 10 mi
- [TGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yltv.md) Latrobe Valley Airport · 45 km / 28 mi
- [BSJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybns.md) Bairnsdale Airport · 58 km / 36 mi
- [MHU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yhot.md) Mount Hotham Airport · 120 km / 75 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/ywsl/data