The Great Barrier Reef Airport , formerly known as Hamilton Island Airport, is the main airport of the Whitsunday Archipelago. Located on Hamilton Island on land conquered from the ocean. The airport is developing rapidly due to the sharp increase in tourism in the region; it is the nineteenth largest airport in Australia. Currently used primarily by low-cost airlines Jetstar Airways and Virgin Australia .
| Great Barrier Reef Airport | |||||||
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| Type of | civil | ||||||
| A country | Australia | ||||||
| Location | Hamilton Island | ||||||
| Operator | Westralia Airports Corporation | ||||||
| NUM height | 5 m | ||||||
| Timezone | UTC + 8 | ||||||
| Working hours | round the clock | ||||||
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| Annual passenger flow | 434,305 | ||||||
The airport was badly damaged in September 2001 due to the bankruptcy of Ansett Australia, which operated a large number of routes from the airport to Cairns , Townsville , Brisbane , Gold Coast , Sydney , Melbourne and Adelaide .
In October 2002, when approaching the airport a light aircraft crashed, killing 6 people.
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Airlines and destinations
| Airline | Destinations |
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| Jetstar airways | Brisbane , Melbourne , Sydney |
| QantasLink | Cairns |
| Virgin australia | Brisbane Sydney |
Airport Statistics
| A place | Airport | Passengers (pers.) | Dynamics (%) |
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| one | Sydney | 181,700 | ▲ NA * |
| 2 | Brisbane | 176,500 | ▼ 6.5 |
* The route started in July 2009
See also
List of Australia's busiest airports
Notes
- ↑ Domestic Monthly Airline Activity publication (link not available) . bitre.gov.au. Date of treatment September 20, 2011. Archived July 6, 2011.