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The Capital Airport Group purchased Canberra Airport from the Commonwealth Government’s Federal Airports Corporation in May 1998. At the time, the Airport consisted of the airport terminal, general aviation precinct and the RAAF Fairbairn base.

Today, ten years later, Canberra Airport has evolved into a multi-modal transport hub, business and retail destination.

The multi award winning Brindabella Business Park is arguably Australia’s greenest business centre. It is home to approximately 5,000 workers and encompasses 18 A-grade commercial buildings totalling 100,000m2 NLA.

The former RAAF base at Fairbairn is now our largest commercial precinct, and represents the second stage of the Airport’s business hub and is currently occupied by approximately 2,000 workers.

Majura Park is our newest multi faceted precinct, with an exciting combination of factory outlet retail (Brand Depot), “big-box” retail and commercial office accommodation (26,000m2 NLA).

In 1943, the first runway was built by Western Australia’s Main Roads Department for RAAF fighters, with a second strip with was going to be laid down a year later.  In 1944, the Government agreed to allow Australian National Airways Pty Ltd (ANA) and Qantas to operate from the site in Guildford, as Maryland’s had become inadequate for their larger commercial aircraft.

Guildford Aerodrome officially changed its status and name to Perth Airport in September 1952.  In March 1953, the then new international terminal was completed at a cost of A$180,000, being built from second-hand wartime materials.  The main domestic airlines moved out of their separate hangars in 1962 and into the first combined Domestic and International Terminal.

In November 1980, the Federal Transport Minister, Ralph Hunt, announced a new international terminal would be built in Perth.  On 25 October 1986, Prime Minister Bob Hawke unveiled the A$60 million International Terminal on the eastern side of the airport, complete with a new control tower.

The Federal Airports Corporation (FAC) was formed in 1988 to manage the larger Australian airports as self-funding commercial entities.  FAC implemented a major enhancement of retail outlets at the International Terminal and oversaw the redevelopment of the Domestic Terminal facilities by Ansett and Australian Airlines.

In July 1997, Western Australia Airports Corporation (WAC) took up a 99-year leasehold interest over Perth Airport as part of the first phase in the privatization of airports in Australia, and has since operated the airport and its 2,105 hectare estate.

Adelaide is the prime gateway to South Australia, Adelaide Airport – through its new State of the art facilities.
It is focused on providing for close to seven million passengers annually with efficient, comfortable and world-class services. For the growing number of international passengers, it is the first taste of Australia, and Adelaide Airport Limited (AAL) seeks to combine South Australia’s mediterranean lifestyle and cosmopolitan image with its well-earned reputation for smart, efficient and hi-tech business facilities.

Cairns Airport is nestled between mountains, mangroves and the Coral Sea. Cairns is the gateway to Tropical North Queensland, home of the World Heritage Great Barrier Reef and Tropical Rainforests.

Cairns Airport is Australia’s leading regional airport, providing air links to a range of domestic and international locations.

 Cairns Airport is 7 kilometres from the CBD.

The International and Domestic Terminals are open 24 hours per day. Services within the terminals operate in accordance with flight schedules.

Cairns Airport offers direct domestic flights to Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Darwin and Townsville as well as to Alice Springs and Ayers Rock (Uluru) and regional centres. There are direct international flights to Auckland, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Guam, Port Moresby and to Singapore via Darwin.

Sydney is the busiest airport in Australia and most important airport, as it caters for 2.4 million passengers per year and sees 267,000 air traffic movements annually which equates to an average of 730 movements per day. The record number of daily movements is 1161 recorded on 2 October 2000.

Sydney Airport is the smallest major airport in Australia, half the size of Tullamarine Airport in Melbourne, Covering a total of 881 hectares, Officially licensed in 1920, Sydney Airport is also the oldest international airport in the world.

Sydney Airport is Sydney’s biggest single industry providing 62,000 jobs. Around 500 external businesses rely on the Airport for the bulk of their trade. These businesses employ a further 108,400 people making Sydney Airport responsible for the employment of 170,400 people or 8% of Sydney’s total working population.

Sydney Airport has three air strips (6 runways in total) The longest is the main North/South runway (16R-34L) at 3960meters long and is one of only four commercial runways in the world capable of landing the Space Shuttle. The third or parallel runway (16L-34L) is the shortest runway at 2478meters and is built almost entirely on artificial land. It was opened in 1994. The East/West runway (07-25) is 2600meteres long. The runway system caters for up to 80 air traffic movements per hour.

The control tower at Sydney Airport was fully commissioned in January 1996 and contains all the state of the art technology. Up to 7 controllers in the tower on one shift and 5 controllers on one shift in the control centre next to the old control tower at Kyeemagh, control up to 80 movements per hour in peak periods and up to 10 movements per hour during the curfew.