Cairns International Airport

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Cairns Airport

IATA: CNS - ICAO: YBCS
Summary
Airport type		public
Operator		Cairns Port Authority
Serves		Cairns, Queensland
Elevation AMSL		10 ft (3 m)
Coordinates		16° 53' 0" S 145° 45' 0" E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
15/33	10,489	3,200	Asphalt
12/30	3035	925	Asphalt

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 Far 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).

[edit] Airlines

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 (Chūbu Centrair Central Japan), Osaka (Kansai), Perth, Sapporo (New Chitose)[seasonal], Sydney, Tokyo (Narita))
- Jetstar (Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne, Singapore, Sydney)
- Jetstar operated by Jetstar Asia Airways (Singapore, Darwin)
- QantasLink (Ayers Rock, Alice Springs, Darwin, Gove, Horn Island, Weipa)
Regional Pacific Airlines (Bamaga)
Virgin Blue (Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne)