Gladstone Airport

For the airport in Canada, see Gladstone Aerodrome.

Gladstone Airport (IATA: GLT^[4], ICAO: YGLA) is an airport serving Gladstone, a city in the Australian state of Queensland.^[2] It is located in the suburb of Clinton, about 10 km (6.2 mi) from the town's centre, off Aerodrome Road.^[5]

Gladstone Airport
IATA: GLT ICAO: YGLA
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Gladstone Regional Council
Serves	Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
Elevation AMSL	59 ft / 18 m
Coordinates	23°52′11″S 151°13′22″E
Website	Official website
Map
YGLA Location in Queensland
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 1,920 6,299 Asphalt
Statistics (2010–2011[1])
Revenue passengers 240,275 Aircraft movements 5,717
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[2] BITRE[3]

The airport is owned and operated by the Gladstone Regional Council^[2] which took control of it by operation of the Local Government Reform when the Gladstone-Calliope Aerodrome Board was dissolved on 15 March 2007.^[6]

The main supplier of scheduled passenger air services is QantasLink, a subsidiary of Qantas, with most services non-stop to, or from Brisbane Airport. Virgin Australia commenced services to Brisbane 17 October 2011.^[7] They further announced at the launch of flights that a third-daily service would be added to the route from 16 January 2011. This has further been increased to six week-daily services since early 2013 mostly on ATR 72 aircraft with the Embraer 190 and the Boeing 737-800 also making regular appearances in the schedule. As of 17 July 2017 Alliance airlines has started to make 34 jet services between Gladstone and Brisbane.

As of March 2008, QantasLink was scheduled to operate about 38 return services per week (i.e. about 76 aircraft movements) between Gladstone and Brisbane using Dash 8 aircraft with seating from 50 to 74 passengers. In addition, a small number of flights operate northwards to Rockhampton, Mackay, Townsville and Cairns.

The Gladstone Regional Council commenced an upgrade of the airport in 2008.^[8] The council announced that the airport would not shut down during the upgrade.^[9]

In 2011 the late and liquidated Air Australia known as Strategic Airlines at the time began regular flights from Brisbane Airport and back with their Airbus A320 fleet; this only lasted around 4–5 months before ceasing operations to Gladstone due to the low number of passengers on each flight causing the airline to lose money.

In 2017 Cobham Aviation Services Australia Boeing 717 fleet began ceasing daily flights to the regional town due to higher demands in longer domestic route and also due to passenger numbers reducing after the mining boom from 2012 to 2016, because this Sunstate Airlines and QantasLink had to increase operations to Gladstone to 6 daily flights. After this Cobham only flew in to fill for any Q400 flights that had issues or increased passenger numbers.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 59 ft (18 m) above sea level. It has 4 parking stands using a state of the art double level parking bay design, able to hold from Q200s to 737s, it also has a large GA parking areas to the west of the main terminal. It has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,920 m × 45 m (6,299 ft × 148 ft), able to hold up to a Boeing 737 or an Airbus A320.^[2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
QantasLink	Brisbane
Virgin Australia	Brisbane

Ground transport

Buses operate between the town centre and the airport, but are only operational from Monday to Friday between 6am and 6pm. Taxis are also available, as are rental cars.

Statistics

Gladstone Airport was ranked 27th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year^[1] 2010–2011.^[3]

Annual passenger and aircraft statistics for Gladstone^[3]

Year[1]	Revenue passengers	Aircraft movements
2001–02	103,061	5,234
2002–03	132,666(+28.7%)	6,392(+22.1%)
2003–04	133,509(+0.6%)	5,705(-10.7%)
2004–05	139,928(+4.8%)	5,314(-6.9%)
2005–06	159,950(+14.3%)	5,413(+1.9%)
2006–07	188,611(+17.9%)	5,397(-0.3%)
2007–08	200,611(+6.4%)	5,209(-3.5%)
2008–09	192,878(-3.9%)	4,902(-5.9%)
2009–10	177,544(-8.0%)	4,934(+0.7%)
2010–11	240,275(+35.3%)	5,717(+15.9%)

See also

• List of airports in Queensland

References

1. Fiscal year 1 July – 30 June
2. YGLA – Gladstone (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 11 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Airport Traffic Data 1985-86 to 2010-11". Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). May 2012. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012. Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"
4. "Gladstone Airport (GLT / YGLA)". Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
5. "Airport Guide: Gladstone Airport". Qantas. Archived from the original on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
6. Local Government Reform Implementation Regulation 2008 (Qld)
7. "Virgin launches new regional routes". Sky News Australia. Australian News Channel Pty Ltd. 28 July 2011. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
8. "Gladstone Regional Airport Re-Construction Project". Gladstone Regional Council. Archived from the original on 12 November 2009.
9. "Airport will remain open". The Observer. 2 December 2008. Archived from the original on 19 September 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2009.

External links

• Gladstone Airport Archived 29 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine at Gladstone Regional Council site