Canberra Airport

Canberra Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorCapital Airport Group Pty Ltd[1]
ServesCanberra
LocationMajura, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Elevation AMSL1,886 ft / 575 m
Coordinates35°18′25″S 149°11′42″E / 35.30694°S 149.19500°E / -35.30694; 149.19500
Websitecanberraairport.com.au
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YSCB is located in Australian Capital Territory
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YSCB is located in Australia
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YSCB is located in Oceania
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17/35 3,283 10,771 Asphalt
12/30 1,679 5,509 Asphalt
Statistics (2018/19)
Passenger movementsIncrease 3,217,391
Aircraft movementsIncrease 40,050
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[2]
Passenger and aircraft movements from the Bureau of Infrastructure & Transport Research Economics[3]

Canberra Airport (IATA: CBR, ICAO: YSCB) is an international airport situated in the district of Majura, Australian Capital Territory. It serves Australia's capital city, Canberra, as well as the nearby city of Queanbeyan and regional areas of the Australian Capital Territory and southeastern New South Wales. Located approximately 8 km (5.0 mi) from the city centre, within the North Canberra district,[4] it is the ninth-busiest airport in Australia.

The airport has direct flights to all Australian state capitals, as well as to many regional centres across the Australian East coast, and international services to hubs and leisure destinations, including Nadi, Fiji and Denpasar, Indonesia. Before the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, international flights also operated from Canberra to Singapore, Wellington and Doha.

Canberra Airport handled 3.2 million passengers in the 2018–19 financial year.[5][6] Major redevelopment work completed in 2013 included the demolition of the old terminal, replacing it with a new facility designed to handle up to eight million passengers annually.[7]

In addition to serving airline traffic, the airport is also the only public general aviation facility within the Australian Capital Territory. As a former Royal Australian Air Force base, Defence Establishment Fairbairn is located within Canberra Airport and supports government VIP flying operations by 34 Squadron as well as ground handling for itinerant military aircraft and visiting heads of state.

  1. ^ "Board of Directors". Canberra Airport. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.
  2. ^ YSCB – Canberra (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 10 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Monthly Airport Traffic Data for top twenty airports: 2009 to current". Bureau of Infrastructure & Transport Research Economics. Archived from the original on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Canberra Airport (CBR) Information: Airport in Canberra Area, ACT, Australia, AU". Canberra-cbr.airports-guides.com. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Airport traffic data". Bureau of Infrastructure & Transport Research Economics. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  6. ^ 1 July to 30 June
  7. ^ Back, Alexandra (20 January 2016). "Canberra Airport wins back 'international' title after patchy history". Canberra Times. Retrieved 9 August 2017.