Gold Coast Airport
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Gold Coast Airport (formerly known as Coolangatta Airport[4]) (IATA: OOL, ICAO: YBCG) is a domestic and international Australian airport located at the southern end of the Gold Coast and approximately 90 km (56 mi) south of Brisbane, within the South East Queensland agglomeration. The entrance to the airport is situated in the suburb of Bilinga near Coolangatta. The main runway itself cuts through the state borders of Queensland and New South Wales. During summer, these states are in two different time zones. The Gold Coast Airport operates on Queensland Time (year-round AEST / UTC+10).
Gold Coast Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Queensland Airports | ||||||||||||||
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Focus city for | Virgin Australia | ||||||||||||||
Operating base for | Jetstar | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 21 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 28°09′54″S 153°30′22″E | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Sources: AIP[1] passenger and aircraft movements from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE)[2] |
Gold Coast Airport Statistics[3] | |
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Year | Total passengers |
2001–02 | 1,736,004 |
2002–03 | 2,177,602 |
2003–04 | 2,504,001 |
2004–05 | 3,141,771 |
2005–06 | 3,515,021 |
2006–07 | 3,777,856 |
2007–08 | 4,323,355 |
2008–09 | 4,618,200 |
2009–10 | 5,186,147 |
2010–11 | 5,486,072 |
2011–12 | 5,315,923 |
2012–13 | 5,795,449 |
2013–14 | 5,746,566 |
2014–15 | 5,865,437 |
2015–16 | 6,303,920 |
The facility occupies 371 hectares (917 acres) of airport property.[5]