title: Forrest Airport
text: # 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
  