Canberra International Airport does not accept flights from other countries for a long time. The last one that landed in this city was made in 2003. The airport serves domestic airlines not only the capital of Australia , but also the nearby city of Quinbian.
What is it like?
Canberra Airport is a modern, high-tech complex. It has two runways (GDP). Both have an asphalt covering. Their length is different - 3 km 273 m and 1 km 679 m. This makes it possible to receive aircraft of all kinds.
The main terminal is very large, divided into three zones:
- southern;
- the central one;
- western.
The southern part was commissioned in 2014. The central part is located in the eastern wing of the main building. The western one was built quite recently.
The date of the appearance of the airport in Canberra is 20 years of the XX century. Since 1939, the complex is under the jurisdiction of the Australian Air Force, which leases space for civil aviation.
Nearby Attractions
In the airport building everything is done for the convenience of passengers. Including for the smallest. The infrastructure includes:
- A spacious business area, equipped with sockets for laptops, cell phones, faxes, scanners, there is free Wi-Fi .;
- restaurants, bars;
- Duty Free Shop;
- convenient parking (express pick-up, Blue and Green - internal, Yellow and Red - open-air);
- four star hotel
Canberra is very close, so parents traveling with young children have the opportunity to take them to one of the interesting places near the airport:
- Children's Fun Factory;
- National Oceanarium;
- The Museum of Dinosaurs.
If, for some reason, the traveler does not like the hotel at the airport, he can go to the Parliament Triangle, where the only five-star hotel in Canberra is 10 minutes away by taxi, or stay at Best Western Central Motel & Apartments (9 km from the airport ) with a nice swimming pool, restaurant and free parking.
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How to get here?
The airport is located east of the city center, about 8 km from it. You can get here either by bus or by taxi. Also leased transport is actual (rental offices are operating). From the airport visitors come the specialized shuttle bus Airport Express. The price of one-way trip is A $ 10. You can take the bus number 834. Its final stops are the Canberra Airport (or Brindabella Business Park) and the Queanbeyan Interchange in Quinbien.