Mount Beauty Airport - YMBT

08/11/2025

This Link shows gliders @ paragliders in the area around YMBT

OGN Glider and Aircraft tracker

12/12/2024

Early Christmas present for all the thirsty birds that drop into YMBT. You’ll need to download the IOR app.

25/03/2024

If you’re planning to visit YMBT over Easter please be advised there will be increased Gliding / Paragliding / Hang Glider activity. Winch cables extend up to 3000’ AGL during launching. Also with fine weather forecast and Autumn planned Burns in progress Visibility is often reduced. Happy Flying😉

14/03/2024

On Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th March 2024, Tandem Skydiving will be conducted at the Mount
Beauty Airport.
The professional instructors from Skydive 12 Apostles are operating from Mount Beauty to give their
customers the opportunity to experience freefall and parachute ride in the mountain valley – as
compared with their home environment over Victoria’s Great Ocean Road!
The experience includes the aircraft ride to an altitude of 3500 metres above the valley floor, an
exhilarating freefall to 2,000 metres and a relaxed parachute ride to a precision landing on the airport
grass.
Views throughout the adventure are breathtaking; the benign autumn weather perfect for the activity!
The pilot and two Tandem Masters, each with one participant, are on each ‘sortie’
The colour and activity are likely to attract many spectators.
The best viewing will be from fenced enclosure around the airport Terminal Building, off Embankment
Drive in Mount Beauty. All aspects of the skydiving can be viewed from here; this includes:
 Preparing for the jump (‘gearing up’)
 Gear check
 Getting on board the aircraft
 Flight to altitude
 Jump run
 Freefall
 Parachute ride
 Precision landing
 Exhilaration of the participants
 Packing of the parachute
There may be opportunities for locals to have a Tandem Skydive, Skydive, but you will need to book now.
Please book on the Skydive 12 Apostles website:

Skydive over the magnificent Great Ocean Rd and the 12 Apostles with Australia's best boutique experience. Call 0422041341 to book in today!

20/01/2024

https://youtu.be/HPAVCjl0RXg?si=1u6Zu9FqQJQyCAiM

A brilliant day of summer soaring in Australia's alpine region. ...

16/11/2023

Lots of action this weekend with the Annual Gathering of the Moths. If you’re Flying In early morning or late afternoon please be Ware and keep a Good look Out!

08/10/2023

Great to see the Wagga Aero Club visiting YMBT for Lunch today🙏

07/09/2023

Two new windsocks installed today. Should make it easier to see them!

11/07/2023

"Mt Beauty Gliding Club members spring cleaning their aircraft hangar in preparation for the return of gliding operations from Corowa"

04/07/2023

Some of you will be flying into YMBT in aircraft that have Terrain Awareness or Ground Proximity Warning Systems (TAWS/GPWS). If so, then you will have found that the system will alarm during a normal takeoff and landing. This is distracting to the pilot and is not helpful when flying with nervous passengers.
From the next issue on 13 July 2023, Jeppesen will include in the data for YMBT the co-ordinates of the runway ends so that your TAWS/GPWS system will automatically supress such warnings when in the vicinity of the airport. Apparently the specific suppression profile will differ between individual equipment manufacturers so it may not be exactly the same if you have systems from more than one manufacturer. This should work as soon as you load the new database.