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Guide to Cairns Airport
Cairns International Airport (IATA:
CNS, ICAO: YBCS) is an Australian domestic and international
airport in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It is operated
by the Cairns Port Authority. The airport is located 7km
north of the Cairns CBD in the suburb of Aeroglen. The
airport lies between Mount Whitfield to the west and Trinity
Bay to the east.
The airport serves international, domestic
and general aviation flights including a number of helicopter
operators. Flights are operated to major Australian cities
and tourist destinations, regional communities in North
Queensland, and a number of international destinations
in the Asia Pacific region with connections to the rest
of the world. The airport formed the main base for Australian
Airlines prior to its ceasing of operations in June 2006
(the airport remains a major port for parent company Qantas).
It is also a base for the Royal Flying Doctor Service
and the Queensland Emergency Service search and rescue
helicopters.
The General Aviation area is on the
western side of the airport adjacent to the Captain Cook
Highway The Domestic and International terminals are located
on the eastern side on reclaimed mangrove swamp. The terminals
are in two separate buildings two hundred metres from
one another. The air traffic control tower is also located
in this area.
The airport’s main north-south
runway is 3200m long. A smaller 925m runway, used for
general aviation, lies to the east, almost parallel to
the main runway. The final approach to the main south-facing
runway is located directly overhead Cairns' northern beach
suburbs. The flight path to the south is located directly
over the Cairns Esplanade. Departing aircraft are required
to make a sharp left hand turn so as not to fly up the
valley to the south of the city.
Total passengers for the year
ending 30 June 2005 were 2,726,524[1] (2,619,322 domestic
and 107,202 international).
- Aero-Tropics Air Services
- Air New Zealand (Auckland)
- Air Niugini (Port Moresby)
- Airlines of Papua New Guinea
(Port Moresby)
- Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong)
- Continental Airlines
- Continental Airlines operated
by Continental Micronesia (Guam [seasonal])
- Hevi Lift (charter)
- Hinterland Aviation (charter)
- Macair Airlines
- MBA International (charter)
- Qantas (Ayers Rock, Brisbane,
Darwin, Melbourne, Nagoya, Perth, Singapore, Sydney,
- Tokyo-Narita)
- Jetstar (Adelaide, Brisbane,
Melbourne, Sydney)
- QantasLink (Alice Springs,
Darwin, Gove, Horn Island, Weipa)
- Regional Pacific Airlines (Bamaga)
- Virgin Blue (Brisbane, Sydney,
Melbourne)
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