Cairns Airport

Cairns Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	YBCS
IATA code	CNS
Coordinates	16 ° 52 '29 "  S , 145 ° 45' 8"  E Coordinates: 16 ° 52 '29 "  S , 145 ° 45' 8"  O
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

1. ↑ ^{a b} Passenger Statistics. CairnsAirport.com.au, accessed June 12, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Airport traffic data. BITRE.gov.au , accessed June 12, 2018 (English). 
3. ^ Accident report Heron 2E / Riley VH-CLS , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 19, 2019.