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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Queensland Investment Corporation (35%)[1] Schiphol Group (35%) Tasplan (30%) | ||||||||||
| Operator | Hobart Airport Pty Ltd | ||||||||||
| Serves | Hobart | ||||||||||
| Location | Cambridge, Tasmania, Australia | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1956 | ||||||||||
| Hub for | QantasLink | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 13 ft / 4 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°50′12″S 147°30′36″E / 42.83667°S 147.51000°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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Hobart Airport (IATA: HBA, ICAO: YMHB) is an airport located in Cambridge, 17 km (11 mi) north-east of the Hobart central business district. It is the principal airport of Tasmania.[5]
The Federal Government owned airport is operated by the Tasmanian Gateway Consortium under a 99-year lease.[6][7]
The airport maintains a conjoined international and domestic terminal. The major airlines servicing the airport are Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia operating domestic flights predominantly to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.[5] International flights to Auckland, New Zealand, operate two to three times weekly with Air New Zealand.
Due to the airport's southern location, Skytraders operates regular flights to Antarctica on behalf of the Australian Antarctic Division using an Airbus A319.[7][8]
Hobart International Airport was opened in 1956 and privatised in 1988.[9] Occupying approximately 565 ha (1,400 acres) of land,[7] the airport is situated on a narrow peninsula. Take-offs and landings are inevitably directed over bodies of water regardless of approach or departure direction. The region immediately surrounding the airport remains largely unpopulated, which enables the airport to operate curfew-free services.[7]
In the 2018–19 financial year, the airport handled 2.6m passenger movements, making it the ninth busiest airport in Australia.[5]
- ^ "Hobart Airport welcome new owners". 21 November 2019. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ YMHB – Hobart (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024
- ^ "Movements at Australian Airports" (PDF). Airservices Australia. June 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ^ "Airport traffic data".
- ^ a b c "Air passenger movements through capital and non-capital city airports to 2030–31" (PDF). Department of Infrastructure and Transport. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "Hobart Airport sold". ABC News Online www.abc.net.au. 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ a b c d "2009 Hobart Airport Master Plan (draft)" (PDF). Hobart Airport. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
- ^ Creedy, Steve. "Garrett launches flights to Antarctic" Archived 11 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine The Australian (online version), 11 January 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- ^ "Our History". Hobart Airport. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2014.