Alice Springs Airport

Alice Springs Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerNorthern Territory Airports Pty Ltd
OperatorAlice Springs Airport Pty Ltd
ServesAlice Springs, Northern Territory
LocationConnellan, Northern Territory
Elevation AMSL1,789 ft / 545 m
Coordinates23°48′25″S 133°54′08″E / 23.80694°S 133.90222°E / -23.80694; 133.90222
Websitealicespringsairport.com.au
Maps
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YBAS is located in Northern Territory
YBAS
YBAS
Location in the Northern Territory
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 2,438 7,999 Asphalt
17/35 1,133 3,717 Asphalt
Statistics (2016/17)
Passenger MovementsIncrease 617,186
Aircraft MovementsIncrease 7,195
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart.[1] Passenger and aircraftmovements from the Department of Infrastructure and Transport[2]

Alice Springs Airport (IATA: ASP, ICAO: YBAS) is an Australian regional airport 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) south of Alice Springs, Northern Territory.

The airport was notably involved in Australia's second domestic airline hijacking, and later a suicide attack by a former airline employee which claimed the lives of four others.

The airport has two runways, the larger of which can accommodate the Airbus A380, Boeing 747 and 777 landing (but not a fully laden takeoff due to high temperatures and the runway length). The only scheduled flights using the airport are domestic, although international charters do use the airport on occasions. The airport is not subject to a curfew and operates 24 hours a day.

During 2010–11 a total of 640,519 domestic passengers passed through Alice Springs Airport making it the 18th busiest airport in Australia.[3]

The facility is also extensively used to launch stratospheric research balloons; the runways used for a balloon launch are closed for aircraft traffic during the balloon launch process.[4]

  1. ^ YBAS – Alice Springs (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 10 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Airport traffic data[permanent dead link]. Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference BITRE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Stratospheric balloon launch bases and sites: Australian Balloon Launch Station, Alice Spring, Australia". Stratocat.com.ar. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.