Forrest Airport
# Forrest Airport

Forrest Airport (IATA: FOS, ICAO: YFRT) is an airport located in the hamlet of Forrest, Western Australia. The airport is clearly visible from the Indian Pacific train, which services the Trans-Australian Railway.

## History

The airport was built by the Department of Civil Aviation in 1929 as a fuel stop for West Australian Airways which had won a government contract to carry mail between Adelaide and Perth using the de Havilland Hercules. In the 1930s the Douglas airliner Bungana, also known as the mail plane, was a regular visitor on interstate flights.

During World War II it was operated by the Royal Australian Air Force as a transit and fuel stop, and a communications base. and has been the site of various military visits to the location over time.

## Current usage

It remains in use as an important stopping place for refuelling short range planes, for the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the Australian Defence Force.

* Forrest Airport terminal building
