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Hobart International
Airport (IATA: HBA, ICAO: YMHB)
is the primary passenger and freight
airport of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Although the airport has not had
a regular international passenger
service since the 1990s (to Christchurch,
New Zealand), the official name
of Hobart International Airport
remains. Singapore Airlines’
charter program flies into the
Airport using Boeing 777 aircraft[1].
As such, the airport maintains
its international terminal building,
customs and immigration facilities.
The airport now serves over 20,000
flights which equates to 1.6 million
people per year.[2]. The Australian
Antarctic Division also intends
to use the airport as a base for
Antarctic flights.
The airport is located near the
semi-rural suburb of Cambridge
about 20 kilometers from the city
centre or a 15 minute drive. Approach
and departure corridors to the
Tasman Highway exist in largely
unpopulated areas, which enables
the airport to operate curfew
free services.
The airport opened in 1956, replacing
the nearby Cambridge Aerodrome
as the aerial gateway to Hobart.
At this time, it was known, not
as Hobart International Airport,
but as Lanherne Airport, after
the name of the property on which
it was built. This name, however,
has now fallen into disuse. In
its first full year of operation
the airport processed 120,086
passengers and 11,724 tonnes of
freight, ranking fifth in Australia[2].
By 1957 the airport's infrastructure
comprised a small terminal building
that remains at the southern end
of the Qantas area, 2 freight
hangers, fuel depot, timber weather
station and the airport administration
office and works compound. In
1964 the Federal Government upgraded
and lengthened the runway to cater
for Jet aircraft. The runway was
extended again in the 1980s to
cater for large aircraft such
as Boeing 747 and Antonov aircraft(to
a limited operating range). The
Current domestic terminal building
was officially opened in April
1976 and the international terminal
building opened in 1986. In 1998
the airport was privatised, now
on a 99 year lease to Hobart International
Airport Pty Ltd, a Hobart Ports
Corporation subsiduary, which
is a Tasmanian Government owned
enterprise.
There are direct flights to 4
different interstate destinations:
Sydney SYD flight time 2 hours
approx.
Jetstar
flies two(2) flights a day using
Airbus A320s
Qantas
flies once(1) a day using Boeing
737s
Virgin
Blue flies multiple flights
a day using Boeing 737s
Melbourne MEL, flight time 50
minutes approx.
Jetstar flies four(4) flights
a day using Airbus A320s
Qantas flies twice a day using
Boeing 737s
Virgin Blue flies multiple flights
a day
Brisbane BNE flight time 2 hour
30 minutes approx.
Jetstar flies once a day
Virgin Blue flies once a day
Adelaide ADL flight time 1 hour
50 minutes approx.
Virgin Blue flies once(1) daily.
Local specialty airline TasAir
also performs scenic flights,
and flights within Tasmania, including
the Bass Strait islands.
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