Christmas Island Airport
| Christmas Island Airport | |||
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | YPXM | ||
| IATA code | XCH | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Height above MSL | 279 m (915 ft ) | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Terminals | 1 | ||
| Passengers | 34,024 (2014) | ||
| Flight movements |
692 (2014) | ||
| Start-and runway | |||
| 18/36 | 2103 m × 45 m asphalt | ||
The Christmas Island Airport , in English Christmas Island Airport is an airport on to Australia belonging to Christmas Island .
The airport is the only airport on the island of 2,000 inhabitants and thus forms its most important backbone in international traffic. It is located on the east side of the island, not far from the main town, Flying Fish Cove . Passenger flight operations began on June 6, 1974, and the terminal was established in 1992.
Currently, the airport is only served by Virgin Australia , which serves the Cocos Islands and Perth from there , and there are also occasional charter flights. The operator is the PDL Toll .
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- Airport website Christmas Island ( English )
- Flight schedule Christmas Island ( English )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Airport Traffic Data 1985 to 2014 . Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) . November 2015. Archived from the original on December 23, 2017. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
- ↑ Airport data on World Aero Data ( English, as of 2006 )
- ↑ Christmas Island Airport History on the airport website, accessed February 2, 2016
