Hamilton Island Airport (IATA: HTI, ICAO: YBHM), also known as Great Barrier Reef Airport, is a privately owned public use aerodrome and is the main airport on Hamilton Island. The airport is settled on mostly reclaimed land and is commercially served year-round by Jetstar, Virgin Australia and Qantas. Hamilton Island Airport handles flights from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Great Barrier Reef Airport Pty Ltd | ||||||||||
| Location | Hamilton Island | ||||||||||
| Opened | June 1984 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 15 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°21′29″S 148°57′06″E / 20.35806°S 148.95167°E | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website  | ||||||||||
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It opened in June 1984, with Ansett Australia having exclusive rights to serve the airport, as part of its 50% shareholding. Ansett initially operated services from Brisbane and Sydney with Boeing 737s. The 1,764 metre runway was capable of accommodating Boeing 747SPs.[3]
Ansett sold its shareholding to the BT Hotel Group in May 1998, allowing Qantas to begin to serve the airport.[4][5][6] The airport suffered heavily in September 2001 with the demise of Ansett Australia, which operated more heavily out of the airport than any other airline with flights to Cairns, Townsville, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.[7]
In the year ending 30 June 2022 the airport handled 500,000 passengers.[2]
Airlines and destinations
edit| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Jetstar | Melbourne, Sydney |
| Qantas | Sydney[8] Seasonal: Melbourne |
| QantasLink | Brisbane |
| Virgin Australia | Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney |
Operations
edit| Rank | Airport | Passengers carried | % change |
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| 1 | Sydney | 180,109 | |
| 2 | Brisbane | 170,376 |
*Sydney route included from July 2009
References
edit- ^ YBHM – Hamilton (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 10 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Domestic aviation activity 2022 Bureau of Infrastructure & Transport Research Economics 2023
- ^ The Barrier Reef comes of age Australian Aviation issue 23 June 1984 page 50
- ^ Hamilton Island to buy the other half of its airport Australian Financial Review 15 September 1999
- ^ The Story of the Rise and Fall of Ansett 1936-2002. Fyshwick: Stewart Wilson Aerospace Publications. 2002. p. 41. ISBN 1875671579.
- ^ History of Hamilton Island Hamilton Island
- ^ Ansett collapse hurts Hamilton Island The Age 15 March 2002
- ^ "QANTAS ANNOUNCES NEW DOMESTIC ROUTES". Qantas. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ Fiscal year 1 July – 30 June
- ^ "Australian Domestic Airline Activity 2010–11". Bureau of Infrastructure & Transport Research Economics. May 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2012. Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"
External links
edit Media related to Great Barrier Reef Airport at Wikimedia Commons