Cairns Airport
Cairns Airport |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | YBCS |
IATA code | CNS |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 3 m (10 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 7 km north of Cairns |
Street | National Route 1 |
Local transport | Taxi, airport buses |
Basic data | |
opening | 1928 |
operator | North Queensland Airports Group |
Terminals | 2 |
Passengers | 5,288,300 (2017) |
Air freight | 2,907 t (2017) |
Flight movements |
47,390 (2017) |
Start-and runway | |
15/33 | 3196 m × 46 m asphalt |
Cairns Airport ( IATA code CNS , ICAO code YBCS ) is an international Australian airport 7 km north of the center of the city of Cairns , Queensland . With over 3.6 million passengers (7-2009 / 6-2010) it ranks seventh in Australia.
There are no direct flights to Cairns from German-speaking countries. Qantas and Jetstar Airways fly to it via Sydney , Singapore and Melbourne , Cathay Pacific via Hong Kong . Cairns has numerous connections to Australian airports; next to it is from Asia Pacific Papua New Guinea served (as of December 2010).
The airport was previously operated by the Cairns Port Authority , but sold to a private consortium, the North Queensland Airports Group, by the Queensland government in December 2008 .
Incidents
- On October 23, 1975, a De Havilland DH.114 Riley Heron of Connair (VH-CLS) took off on approach to Cairns Airport near a thunderstorm and crashed in the process. All 11 people on board died.
Web links
Commons : Cairns Airport - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- Cairns Airport Official Website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Passenger Statistics. CairnsAirport.com.au, accessed June 12, 2018 .
- ↑ Airport traffic data. BITRE.gov.au , accessed June 12, 2018 (English).
- ^ Accident report Heron 2E / Riley VH-CLS , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 19, 2019.