12-709: FLS may refer to: Places [ edit ] Flinders Island Airport , in Tasmania, Australia Fordham Law School in New York City, US Free Library of Springfield Township in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, US Frontline States , a former anti-apartheid organization Organizations [ edit ] Fellow of the Linnean Society Fiji Law Society Flowserve ,
24-469: A US industrial machinery supplier FLSmidth , a Danish technology company The Folklore Society , UK Forestry and Land Scotland Science [ edit ] Fibroblast-like synoviocyte , a cell type See also [ edit ] FL (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title FLS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
36-427: A sealed taxiway, a sealed apron, a grassed apron and a fuel storage facility. Adjacent to the sealed apron is a passenger terminal building with an associated car parking area. There is only one small hangar on the site at present. The primary use of Flinders Island Airport is for Regular Public Transport (RPT) services operated by Sharp Airlines which offers services to and from Melbourne and Launceston . The airport
48-525: A twenty-year horizon detailing the development of the airport and associated infrastructure. A draft Major Development Plan for Moorabbin Airport drawn up by the Australian company Wesfarmers was refused by Albanese, on 5 August 2013. The draft plan was for the development of large retail outlets on 4.8 hectares of airport land at the corner of Centre Dandenong Road and Boundary Road. The proposal had
60-411: Is a mostly general aviation airport for light aircraft located in between the southern Melbourne suburbs of Heatherton , Cheltenham , Dingley Village and Mentone . It also receives commercial airline service. The airport grounds are treated as their own suburb, and share the postcode 3194 with the neighbouring suburb of Mentone. With a total of 274,082 aircraft movements, Moorabbin Airport
72-506: Is a small regional airport located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest of Whitemark on Flinders Island off the north-east coast of Tasmania , Australia . The airport is owned and operated by the Flinders Council . The airport site has a total area of approximately 134 hectares. Access to the airport is off Palana Road. The primary aviation facilities at Flinders Island Airport consist of two sealed runways,
84-666: Is also used for charter and freight services, emergency services and private/recreational flying. ^ This flight operates via Cape Barren Island . In the early postwar years, the airport was served by small passenger aircraft operated by Flinders Island Airways and serving the route from Melbourne's Moorabbin Airport which is located to the southeast of the city. The following table lists passenger statistics for Flinders Island Airport. Forecast statistics are in light grey . Moorabbin Airport Moorabbin (Harry Hawker) Airport ( IATA : MBW , ICAO : YMMB )
96-649: The intent was to name the airport "Mentone" but this was abandoned after a potential clash with the then French airport in Menton . Similarly, Cheltenham was discarded due to similarities to the Gloucestershire Airport near Cheltenham in South West England . The name comes from City of Moorabbin , the municipality in which it was then situated. The control tower opened on 15 December 1949 and flying commenced on 31 December. The airport
108-426: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FLS&oldid=1169711191 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Flinders Island Airport Flinders Island Airport ( IATA : FLS , ICAO : YFLI )
120-617: The same time. The airport also has a control tower. The airport is home to the Royal Victorian Aero Club , the Australian National Aviation Museum and several flight training facilities, including a campus of multinational pilot training organization CAE Oxford Aviation Academy . The master plan for Moorabbin Airport was approved by the federal Minister for Infrastructure Anthony Albanese MP, on 25 June 2010. The master plan provides
132-456: Was renamed to Moorabbin (Harry Hawker) Airport on 22 January 1989, after pioneering Australian aviator Harry George Hawker , on the centenary date of Hawker's birth. Moorabbin Airport, one of four in the city , serves the general aviation needs for the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has five intersecting runways , the longest being Runway 17L/35R with a length of 1,335 metres (4,380 ft). Usually, two parallel runways are used at
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#1732764738916144-508: Was the second busiest airport in Australia for the calendar year 2011. By 1946, Essendon Airport was Australia's busiest airport and Melbourne's only public airport, but was becoming congested even before expansion plans for Essendon were announced. Funding for the construction of a secondary airport was announced by Prime Minister Ben Chifley on 6 November 1946. The control tower opened on 15 December 1949 for training. Originally
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