Gold Coast Airport (YBCG) (Bilinga QLD)
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Gold Coast Airport (formerly known as Coolangatta Airport) (IATA: OOL, ICAO: YBCG) is an international Australian airport located at the southern end of the Gold Coast and approximately 90 km (56 mi) south of Brisbane, within the South East Queensland agglomeration. The entrance to the airport is situated in the suburb of Bilinga near Coolangatta. The runway itself cuts through the state borders of Queensland and New South Wales. During summer, these states are in two different time zones. The Gold Coast Airport operates on Queensland Time (year-round AEST / UTC+10).
For the 2015–16 financial year, Gold Coast Airport exceeded 6 million passengers. It is the seventh-busiest airport in Australia, and the busiest outside a state capital, in terms of passengers, and eighth-busiest in aircraft movements. It is also the third-fastest-growing airport in the country.
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For the 2015–16 financial year, Gold Coast Airport exceeded 6 million passengers. It is the seventh-busiest airport in Australia, and the busiest outside a state capital, in terms of passengers, and eighth-busiest in aircraft movements. It is also the third-fastest-growing airport in the country.
ourairports.com/airports/YBCG/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Coast_Airport
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 28°9'53"S 153°30'30"E
- Brisbane International Airport 99 km
- RAAF Base Amberley 101 km
- Oakey Army Aviation Centre (IATA OKY) 196 km
- Coffs Harbour Airport 242 km
- Inverell Airport 300 km
- Bundaberg Airport 384 km
- Tamworth Airport 414 km
- Taree Airport 425 km
- Rockhampton Airport 615 km
- Charleville Airport 744 km
- Cooly Rocks On 2.6 km
- Ukerabagh Island 4.7 km
- Ukerebagh Nature Reserve 5.7 km
- Coolangatta & Tweed Heads Golf Club 6.2 km
- Terranora Golf Club (closed) 6.5 km
- Club Banora Golf Course 6.7 km
- Dodds Island 9 km
- Stotts Island 12 km
- City of Gold Coast, QLD 25 km
- Tweed Shire, NSW 26 km
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