Hamilton Island Airport

Coordinates: 20°21′29″S 148°57′06″E / 20.35806°S 148.95167°E / -20.35806; 148.95167
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Hamilton Island Airport
AMSL
15 ft / 5 m
Coordinates20°21′29″S 148°57′06″E / 20.35806°S 148.95167°E / -20.35806; 148.95167
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
Map
YBHM is located in Queensland
YBHM
YBHM
Location in Queensland
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 1,764 5,787 Asphalt
Statistics
Passengers500,000 (2022)
Aircraft movements4,145
Sources: Australian
BITRE[2]

Hamilton Island Airport (

reclaimed land and is commercially served year-round by Jetstar, Virgin Australia and Qantas. Hamilton Island Airport handles flights from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
.

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

AirlinesDestinations
Jetstar Melbourne, Sydney
Qantas Brisbane, Sydney[8]
Virgin Australia Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney

Operations

Busiest domestic routes into and out of Hamilton Island Airport
(FY 2011)[9][10]
Rank Airport Passengers carried % change
1 Sydney 180,109 Increase N/A*
2 Brisbane 170,376 Decrease 4.6

*Sydney route included from July 2009

References

  1. ^ YBHM – Hamilton (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 21 March 2024, Aeronautical Chart
  2. ^
    Bureau of Infrastructure & Transport Research Economics
    2023
  3. ^ The Barrier Reef comes of age Australian Aviation issue 23 June 1984 page 50
  4. ^ Hamilton Island to buy the other half of its airport Australian Financial Review 15 September 1999
  5. ISBN 1875671579
    .
  6. ^ History of Hamilton Island Hamilton Island
  7. ^ Ansett collapse hurts Hamilton Island The Age 15 March 2002
  8. ^ "QANTAS ANNOUNCES NEW DOMESTIC ROUTES". Qantas. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  9. ^ Fiscal year 1 July – 30 June
  10. Bureau of Infrastructure & Transport Research Economics
    . May 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2012. Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"

External links

Media related to Great Barrier Reef Airport at Wikimedia Commons

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