Brisbane Airport

For the suburb of the same name where this airport is situated, see Brisbane Airport (suburb). For the airport formerly known as Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport, see Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport.

Brisbane Airport
Brisbane Airport in 2016, with the New Parallel Runway (01L/19R) still under construction
IATA: BNE ICAO: YBBN WMO: 94578
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	BAC Holdings Pty Ltd
Serves	South East Queensland
Location	Brisbane Airport, Queensland, Australia
Opened	19 March 1988;36 years ago (1988-03-19)
Hub for	Qantas Virgin Australia
Operating base for	Alliance Airlines Jetstar Rex Airlines
Elevation  AMSL	1 ft / 0 m
Coordinates	27°23′00″S153°07′06″E / 27.38333°S 153.11833°E / -27.38333; 153.11833
Website	www.bne.com.au
Maps
BNE/YBBN Show map of Brisbane BNE/YBBN Show map of Queensland BNE/YBBN Show map of Australia BNE/YBBN Show map of Oceania
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 01L/19R 3,300 10,827 Asphalt 01R/19L 3,560 11,680 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers 23.2 million [1] Aircraft movements (2019) 215,930 [1] Economic impact (2012) $7.3 billion [2] Social impact (2012) 50.7 thousand [2]
Sources: AIP [3] Passenger and aircraft movements from the Bureau of Infrastructure & Transport Research Economics [4] and Airservices Australia [5]

Brisbane Airport( IATA : BNE, ICAO : YBBN) is an international airport serving Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland. The airport services 31 airlines flying to 50 domestic and 29 international destinations, total amounting to more than 22.7 million passengers who travelled through the airport in 2016. In 2016, an OAG report named Brisbane airport as the fifth-best performing large-sized airport in the world for on-time performance with 87% of arrivals and departures occurring within 15 minutes of their scheduled times, ^[6] slipping from 88.31% the year before. ^[7] It covers an area of 2,700 hectares (6,700 acres), making the airport the largest in land area in all of Australia. ^[8]

Brisbane Airport is the primary hub for Virgin Australia, a major hub for Qantas, and a secondary hub for Qantas' low cost subsidiary Jetstar. Brisbane has the third highest number of domestic connections in Australia following Sydney and Melbourne. It is also home to Qantas' Airbus A330 and Boeing 737 heavy maintenance facilities. ^{[9] [10]} Virgin Australia has a smaller maintenance facility at the airport, where line-maintenance on the airline's 737 fleet is performed. ^[11] Alliance Airlines and QantasLink also conduct maintenance at the airport. ^{[12] [13]} The airport has international and domestic passenger terminals, a cargo terminal, a general aviation terminal and apron as well as two runways. JetGo also operated from Brisbane Airport until its demise in 2018.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service has one of its nine Queensland bases at Brisbane Airport. ^[14]

History

Eagle Farm Airport

Main article: Eagle Farm Airport

Brisbane's first airport was Eagle Farm Airport that was built in 1925 on former agricultural land in the suburb of Eagle Farm located 6 km (3.7 mi) north-east of the Brisbane central business district, 5 km (3.1 mi) south-west of Brisbane Airport's Domestic Terminal. ^[15] Although Qantas started operations there in 1926, most of the flights in Brisbane operated at the Archerfield Airport, which contained a superior landing surface. While in operation, Charles Kingsford Smith landed at Eagle Farm on 9 June 1928, after completing the first trans-pacific flight in his Fokker F.VII, the Southern Cross. ^[16] There is now a museum containing the original aircraft, along with a memorial located within the Brisbane Airport precinct.

During World War II, Brisbane was the headquarters of the Supreme Commander of Allied forces in the South West Pacific Area, General Douglas MacArthur. The United States Armed Forces upgraded the airfield (Eagle Farm Airport) to cater for military flights, bringing it to such a standard that it became the main civilian airport for the city. ^[15]

By the 1960s, the facilities at Eagle Farm Airport were inadequate for a city of Brisbane's size and anticipated growth. Many long-haul international services to Asia were required to make an en route stop (e.g., at Darwin), disadvantaging the city to lure prospective carriers and business opportunities.^{[ citation needed ]}

Some of the infrastructure at Eagle Farm Airport was incorporated into today's Brisbane Airport. For example, the north-east end of the main runway (04/22) survives as taxiway Papa of the present airport, while the Eagle Farm international terminal is now the Brisbane Airport cargo terminal. The final flight from the Eagle Farm Airport departed on 20 March 1988. ^[17]

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  Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm, first trans-Pacific flight, June 1928
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  The Kingsford Smith Memorial, housing the Southern Cross

1988 opening

The Federal Government announced the construction of Brisbane Airport to be built immediately north east of Eagle Farm Airport. Construction commenced in June 1980. The new airport was built by Leighton Contractors at a cost of $400 million and opened on 19 March 1988, with a new domestic terminal and two runways. ^{[18] [19]} The opening was hosted by Prime Minister Bob Hawke. The new airport was built on the former Brisbane residential suburb of Cribb Island that was demolished to make way for the airport. Large amounts of sand were pumped from nearby Moreton Bay to raise the swamp land above the tidal range.

The 1988 facilities included: a domestic terminal; state-of-the-art maintenance facilities; freight apron at the existing passenger terminal; two runways (3,500 m (11,483 ft) and 1,700 m (5,577 ft) ^[20] ) with parallel taxiway systems (cater for Code F+ aircraft); access roads; parking facilities and a 75 m (246 ft) tall air traffic control tower.

In September 1995, the international terminal was inaugurated by Prime Minister Paul Keating, and it has been expanded since that time. ^[21]

Privatisation

In 1997, as part of the privatisation of numerous Australian airports, the airport was acquired for $1.4 billion from the Federal Airports Corporation by Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) under a 50-year lease (with an option to renew for a further 49 years). The original BAC shareholders were Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Brisbane City Council, Commonwealth Bank and Port of Brisbane Corporation. ^{[22] [23]} Since that time, BAC has assumed ultimate responsibility for the operations of Brisbane Airport including all airport infrastructure investment with no government funding. As at January 2024, the major shareholders were Queensland Investment Corporation (29%), Igneo Infrastructure Partners (27%), Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (20%) and IFM Investors (20%). ^[24] Brisbane Airport is categorised as a Leased Federal Airport. ^[25]

New parallel runway

The painting of 01L on the new Brisbane Airport parallel runway

On 18 September 2007, the federal government granted approval for the construction of a new parallel runway. The proposed $1.3 billion, 3,300 m (10,800 ft) runway was expected to take approximately eight years to construct and was constructed on swamp land 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the existing terminal area and parallel to the existing main runway. ^[26] The long construction period was due to the settling period of the 13,000,000 cubic metres (459,090,667 cu ft) of sand fill dredged from Moreton Bay. In early December 2014 the delivery of 11,000,000 cubic metres (388,461,334 cu ft) of sand to the site was completed. ^[27] In 2019, asphalting of the second runway had begun and was completed by late 2019, while mid February 2020 saw the start of the line-marking of the runway. The runway was completed on 30 April 2020 after over eight years of construction at a cost of over $1 billion. It opened officially on 12 July 2020 with a Virgin Australia flight to Cairns being the first to take off from the new runway.

On 30 March 2020, runway 14/32 was decommissioned early as part of Brisbane's new runway 'Operational Readiness & Testing' phase so that the newly decommissioned cross runway could be used for aircraft parking. ^[28]

In May 2020, construction of a new runway was completed. ^[29] Its first flight was operated by Virgin Australia, flight VA781 to Cairns, on 12 July 2020. ^[30]

Terminals

Brisbane Airport has two passenger terminals.

International terminal

The international terminal was built in 1995 and has 14 bays with aerobridges, four of these are capable of handling A380s. There are also four layover bays. ^[31] The terminal has four levels: level 1 houses most airline offices and baggage handlers, level 2 handles arrivals, level 3 houses the departure lounge (airside) and other offices (landside), and level 4 houses departure check-in.

The airport contains an Emirates lounge, the first outside Dubai that has direct access to the A380 aerobridges, and also has Air New Zealand, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Aspire and Plaza Premium lounges.

There is also a five-storey long term carpark and a smaller short term carpark in close proximity to the terminal. ^[32]

The international terminal redevelopment began in February 2014. The $45 million redevelopment is designed by Brisbane architectural practices Richards and Spence and Arkhefield. Queensland artists, Sebastian Moody and Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori, were commissioned for the artworks. ^{[33] [34]}

• 
  The front of the Brisbane International terminal
• 
  International terminal departures level
• 
  International Terminal arrivals level

Domestic terminal

Brisbane Airport's domestic terminal is a two-storey curved building with three complete satellite arms extending beyond the building providing additional passenger lounge and gate facilities for airlines.

The domestic terminal has three distinct areas serving Qantas and QantasLink at the northern end of the building and Virgin Australia at the southern end of the building with other carriers such as Jetstar located in the central area of the terminal.

The Qantas concourse has nine bays served by aerobridges including one served by a dual bridge. It has three lounges – The Qantas Club, Business Class and Chairman's Lounge. Virgin Australia occupies what was the former Ansett Australia end of the terminal. Its concourse has 11 parking bays, nine of which are served by aerobridges including two served by a dual bridge. It has two lounges – the Virgin Australia Lounge which is located in the former Golden Wing Club opposite Gate 41 and the Beyond Lounge.

Remote bays are located to the north and south of the building (serving non-jet aircraft), and in the central area (serving jet aircraft).

On 27 February 2014, Qantas announced it had disposed of its long-term lease (signed in 1987) at the domestic terminal which was due to expire on 30 December 2018. Under the new arrangements, Qantas retains exclusive use and operational control over much of the northern end of the terminal until the end of 2018 while securing rights to key infrastructure beyond this period. ^[35]

In addition, BAC plans to make a significant investment in upgrading and improving facilities and services within the terminal, such as lounges and will assume control of the retail space of this part of the terminal.

• 
  Front of the domestic terminal
• 
  Brisbane Airport domestic terminal interior

AVCAIR FBO & VIP Lounge and Brisbane Jet Base

Brisbane has two FBO Lounge and Operation Facilities, located on the North Apron (Brisbane Jet Base) and South Logistics Apron (AVCAIR FBO) of Brisbane Airport. The AVCAIR facility handles VIP and FIFO (fly-in fly-out) movements including Ad hoc Military, Medical and Charter flights and offers direct airside access for VIP movements.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Air Canada	Vancouver
Air New Zealand	Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington [36] [37]
Air Niugini	Port Moresby
Aircalin	Nouméa
Alliance Airlines	Moranbah, [38] Weipa [39] Charter: Ballera, Cloncurry, Emerald, Mackay, Moomba, Mount Isa, Rockhampton, Roma, Sunshine Coast, The Granites
American Airlines	Seasonal: Dallas/Fort Worth [40]
Batik Air Malaysia	Denpasar, Kuala Lumpur–International [41]
Cathay Pacific	Hong Kong
China Airlines	Auckland, Taipei–Taoyuan
China Eastern Airlines	Shanghai–Pudong [42]
China Southern Airlines	Guangzhou [43]
Delta Air Lines	Seasonal: Los Angeles [44] [45]
Emirates	Dubai–International
EVA Air	Taipei–Taoyuan
Fiji Airways	Nadi
FlyPelican	Charter: Narrabri
Jetstar	Adelaide, Auckland, [46] Avalon, [47] Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, [48] Cairns, Canberra, [49] Darwin, Denpasar, [50] Hobart, [51] Launceston, Mackay, Melbourne, Newcastle, Osaka–Kansai, [52] Perth, [53] Proserpine, Seoul–Incheon, [52] Sydney, Tokyo–Narita, [52] Townsville Seasonal: Ayers Rock
Korean Air	Seoul–Incheon [54]
Link Airways	Armidale, [55] Biloela/Thangool, [56] Bundaberg, [57] Coffs Harbour, [58] Dubbo, [59] Inverell, [60] Narrabri, [61] Orange, [62] Tamworth, [63] Wollongong [64]
National Jet Express	Charter: Emerald [65] Moranbah, Orange, [66] Rockhampton [65]
Nauru Airlines	Koror, Majuro, [67] [68] Nauru, Pohnpei, [69] Tarawa [70]
Philippine Airlines	Manila
Qantas	Apia, [71] Auckland, Cairns, Christchurch, Hamilton Island, Koror, [72] Los Angeles, Mackay, Manila, [73] Melbourne, Mount Isa, Norfolk Island, [74] Perth, Port Hedland, Port Moresby, Port Vila, [75] Queenstown, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo–Narita, [76] Townsville, Wellington [77] Seasonal: Antarctica [a]
QantasLink	Adelaide, Albury, [79] Alice Springs, Barcaldine, Blackall, Bundaberg, Cairns, Canberra, Darwin, Emerald, Gladstone, Hervey Bay, Hamilton Island, Hobart, Honiara, [80] Longreach, Mackay, Melbourne, [81] Miles, [82] Moranbah, Mount Isa, Newcastle, Nouméa, [83] Port Macquarie, Proserpine, [84] Rockhampton, Townsville, Wagga Wagga, [85] Seasonal: Launceston [86] Charter: Gove
Qatar Airways	Doha [87] [88]
Rex Airlines	Bedourie, Birdsville, Boulia, Charleville, Cunnamulla, Mount Isa, Quilpie, Roma, [89] St George, Thargomindah, Toowoomba, Windorah
Singapore Airlines	Singapore
Skytrans Airlines	Charter: Chinchilla, Taroom [90]
Solomon Airlines	Honiara, Luganville, [91] Munda, [92] Port Vila [91]
United Airlines	San Francisco [93]
VietJet Air	Ho Chi Minh City [94]
Virgin Australia	Adelaide, Alice Springs, Apia, [95] Ayers Rock, [96] Cairns, Canberra, Darwin, Denpasar, Doha (begins 19 June 2025) 1 , [97] Emerald, Gladstone, Hamilton Island, Hobart, Launceston, Mackay, Melbourne, Mount Isa, Nadi, Newcastle, Perth, Port Vila, [98] Proserpine, Queenstown, [99] Rockhampton, Sydney, Townsville

^1 Virgin Australia's flight to Doha is operated by Qatar Airways through a wet lease agreement

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Nauru Airlines [100] [101]	Honiara, Nauru
Qantas Freight [102]	Cairns, Melbourne, Townsville
Team Global Express [103] [104]	Adelaide, Biloela/Thangool, Mackay, Melbourne, Perth, Rockhampton, Sydney, Sydney–Bankstown, Townsville
Virgin Australia Cargo [105]	Cairns, Melbourne, Sydney, Townsville

Other tenants

There are several operators of emergency medical retrieval and rescue services based at the airport, including LifeFlight Australia, the Royal Flying Doctor Service and AVCAIR.

Ground transport

Road

Brisbane Airport has four car-parks, all operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There are two multi-level undercover car parks, the international, providing short and long term services, and the domestic also provides long and short term parking. Qantas and Virgin Australia also offer valet parking at the domestic terminal only. Total car spaces number 9,000.

Upgrades

In 2009, to help relieve congestion between Brisbane CBD and the airport, the BrisConnections consortium was formed between Queensland Government, Brisbane City Council, and a Thiess/John Holland/Macquarie Bank to build the Airport Link road project. It included the longest tunnel in Australia at the time of construction (over 8 km (5.0 mi); 6 lanes) from the interchange between the Inner City Bypass and Clem Jones Tunnel (the 2nd longest tunnel in Australia when the Airport Link opened) to the Airport Flyover over an improved Southern Cross Way Overpass which leads on to Airport Drive, cutting 16 sets of traffic lights. It was completed in mid-2012. ^[106]

The Northern Access Road project, completed in December 2009, significantly reduces traffic congestion on Airport Drive. Moreton Drive, the 5 km (3.1 mi), multi-lane road network, linking Gateway Motorway with the airport terminals, provides airport users with a second major access route to terminals and on-airport businesses. ^[107]

Public transport

Rail

The Airport line travels direct from each terminal to Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

The airport has two railway stations as part of a privately owned airport rail line. The International Airport railway station is elevated and located next to the international terminal, as is the Domestic Airport railway station. Both stations are privately owned and operated by the Airtrain Citylink consortium. As a result, fares are more expensive than a regular suburban ticket, though less than half the taxi fare. The Airtrain Citylink travels via the Queensland Rail network to Fortitude Valley and the Brisbane CBD, with most trains continuing to the Gold Coast via South Bank.

Bus

There is a free inter-terminal bus connecting the two terminals and the nearby Skygate shopping precinct, DFO and adjacent Novotel Brisbane Airport hotel.

From the Skygate shopping precinct, Translink bus route 590 connects to the rest of Brisbane's public transport system.

Cycling and walking

Brisbane Airport has cycling and pedestrian connections connecting to the Moreton Bay Bikeway network. ^[108]

Future development projects

New parallel runway under construction with domestic terminal road approaches in foreground

Brisbane Centre

The Brisbane FIR consists of New South Wales north of Sydney, all of Queensland, most of the Northern Territory and the northern half of Western Australia. It also contains the Australian Tasman Sea airspace. Brisbane Centre is located adjacent to Brisbane Tower at Brisbane Airport. It also contains Brisbane Approach.

Due to the nature of the airspace it controls, most international flights in and out of Australia (except Indian Ocean flights) come under the Brisbane FIR's jurisdiction, as well as domestic flights operating to and from airports within the zone. From Brisbane Centre, Airservices Australia manages the airspace over the northern half of Australia, representing 5 per cent of the world's total airspace. ^[109] As only two of eight capitals are located in the Brisbane FIR, it handles a lesser volume of traffic than Melbourne Centre. However, Sydney is on the border of the two FIRs, and thus Brisbane Centre has control of flights arriving or departing in Sydney from the North.

Traffic and statistics

Brisbane Airport's annual passenger numbers were 23.1 million in 2017. ^[1] This is expected to grow to around 50 million by 2035. ^[110]

Total annual passengers

Annual passenger traffic at BNE airport. See Wikidata query.

Annual passenger statistics for Brisbane Airport ^[111]

Year	Domestic	International	Total	Change
1998	7,438,341	2,251,240	9,689,581	-0.4%
1999	7,833,436	2,375,767	10,209,203	5.3%
2000	8,810,670	2,461,378	11,272,048	12.5%
2001	9,946,073	2,547,720	12,493,793	12.9%
2002	9,163,520	2,493,082	11,656,602	-7.9%
2003	10,105,366	2,549,444	12,654,810	10.3%
2004	11,519,422	3,266,481	14,785,903	14.0%
2005	12,102,609	3,606,690	15,709,299	5.1%
2006	12,942,735	3,763,314	16,706,049	6.9%
2007	13,972,336	3,921,752	17,894,088	8.0%
2008	14,547,537	4,035,790	18,583,327	4.1%
2009	14,595,924	4,117,171	18,713,095	0.3%
2010	15,338,191	4,282,257	19,620,448	5.1%
2011	15,888,983	4,444,867	20,333,850	3.6%
2012	16,601,349	4,471,413	21,072,762	4.5%
2013	16,775,697	4,669,141	21,444,838	1.1%
2014	16,982,836	4,964,981	21,947,817	1.2%
2015	16,786,974	5,238,522	22,025,496	-1.2%
2016	17,055,852	5,449,744	22,505,596	1.6%
2017	17,219,926	5,729,341	22,949,267	1.0%
2018	17,354,529	6,112,234	23,466,763	0.8%
2019	17,580,142	6,425,564	24,005,706	1.3%
2020	6,386,797	1,388,291	7,775,088	-63.7%
2021	7,658,654	247,999	7,906,653	19.9%
2022	14,374,443	2,531,254	16,905,697	87.7%

Domestic

Busiest domestic routes – Brisbane Airport (year ending 31 December 2022) ^[112]

Rank	Airport	Passengers	% change
1	Sydney	3,594,184	228.8%
2	Melbourne	2,806,475	256.4%
3	Cairns	1,136,610	12.3%
4	Townsville	818,348	18.8%
5	Perth	737,276	156.7%
6	Adelaide	713,245	58.0%
7	Mackay	698,398	30.2%
8	Canberra	593,364	102.7%
9	Newcastle	450,206	112.0%
10	Rockhampton	443,074	22.6%
11	Darwin	328,808	26.2%
12	Proserpine	293,453	20.2%
13	Hobart	291,200	13.1%
14	Gladstone	193,074	37.8%
15	Hamilton Island	174,989	-14.7%

International

Busiest international routes – Brisbane Airport (year ending 30 June 2024) ^[113]

Rank	Airport	Passengers	% change	Airlines
1	Auckland	857,594	40.9%	Air New Zealand, China Airlines, Jetstar, Qantas
2	Singapore	827,220	90.5%	Qantas, Singapore Airlines
3	Dubai	490,437	37.3%	Emirates
4	Denpasar	420,158	9.1%	Batik Air Malaysia, Jetstar, Virgin Australia
5	Tokyo	257,252	493.9%	Jetstar, Qantas
6	Nadi	250,628	13.5%	Fiji Airways, Virgin Australia
7	Doha	235,450	0.6%	Qatar Airways
8	Christchurch	221,027	17.5%	Air New Zealand, Qantas
9	Vancouver	190,810	46.0%	Air Canada
10	Taipei	189,348	50.5%	China Airlines, EVA Air
11	Port Moresby	166,163	18.2%	Air Niugini, Qantas
12	Seoul	160,179	479.6%	Jetstar, Korean Air
13	Hong Kong	153,717	137.7%	Cathay Pacific
14	Wellington	145,098	41.6%	Air New Zealand, QantasLink
15	Queenstown	143,234	25.4%	Qantas, Virgin Australia

Awards

Traditional owners of Brisbane region have been recognized and acknowledged at Brisbane Airport.

Brisbane Airport has won a number of awards, including being rated as Australia's No. 1 airport for quality of service 10 years in a row (2005–2014 inclusive) in a survey by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, ^[114] and being ranked as 3rd Best Airport in the world (for airports servicing between 20 and 30 million passengers per year). ^[115] In 2015, it was reported as the fourth-best medium-sized airport for on-time arrivals and departures. ^[116] The international terminal won the Queensland architecture award. ^[117] In 2005 Brisbane Airport was awarded the IATA Eagle Award, the second of only two Australian airports to receive such an award. ^[118]

Accidents and incidents

• On 15 February 2012, a Toll Aviation Fairchild Metro III freighter came to rest on its fuselage at about 2:30 am. ^[119] Neither of the two pilots were injured. The landing gear on the light plane failed to go down during testing after maintenance.
• On 18 July 2018, a Malaysian Airlines Airbus A330 took off from Brisbane with pitot tube covers still in place, resulting in unreliable airspeed indications and the aircraft diverting back to Brisbane. Airport ground staff had placed covers on the pitot tubes to prevent mud wasps nesting in them (a common hazard at Brisbane Airport), and the pilots, engineers and ground staff failed to check the covers were removed prior to departure. ^{[120] [121]}
• On 1 July 2022, an Emirates Airbus A380 performing Flight 430 from Dubai landed at Brisbane Airport with a hole on the left side of its fuselage. A missing bolt and cap was found on the aircraft's nose landing gear after it parked. Damage allegedly occurred on takeoff and the pilots reported a blown tire before landing, but investigation is ongoing. ^{[122] [123]}

Notable people

• Julieanne Alroe, chief executive officer of Brisbane Airport Corporation July 2009 – June 2018

See also

• Brisbane Airport, a suburb of Brisbane
• List of airports in Queensland
• Transport in Australia
• United States Army Air Forces in Australia (World War II)

Notes

1. Qantas operates dedicated 'flightseeing' services to Antarctica from Brisbane. These flights, using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, depart Brisbane from the Domestic Terminal, and provide a guided aerial tour of Antarctica before returning to Australia. These flights are about thirteen hours in total. ^[78]

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External links

• Brisbane Airport official website