Hobart International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Hobart International Airport
nativename =
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caption = Hobart Airport in relation to Hobart.
IATA = HBA
ICAO = YMHB
type = Public
owner = Tasmanian Gateway Consortium
operator = Hobart International Airport Pty Ltd
city-served = Hobart, Tasmania
location = Cambridge, Tasmania
elevation-f = 13
elevation-m = 4
coordinates = coord|42|50|10|S|147|30|32|E|type:airport|display=inline
website = [http://www.hobartairpt.com.au/ www.hobartairpt.com.au]
metric-elev =
metric-rwy = Yes
r1-number = 12/30
r1-length-f = 7,385
r1-length-m = 2,251
r1-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Passengers
stat1-data = 1,620,000
stat2-header = Aircraft operations
stat2-data = 18,690
footnotes = Sources: HIAP Annual Report 2006-07 ^{[http://www.hobartairpt.com.au/images/HIAPLAnnualReport2007.pdf]}

Hobart International Airport Airport codes|HBA|YMHB is the primary passenger and freight airport of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The Airport is located on the Eastern shore of the Derwent River, near the semi-rural/industrial suburb of Cambridge; approximately 20 kilometres from the city centre via the Tasman Highway. Being sited on a narrow peninsula, take-off and landing are inevitably directed over bodies of water regardless of approach/departure direction. This region, especially that immediately surrounding the Airport, remain largely unpopulated which enables the airport to operate "curfew free" services.

Although the airport has not had a regular scheduled 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 jet aircraftcite web | year = 2004 | url = http://www.hobartairpt.com.au/imagesdb/2004_MasterPlan_draft_full_for_website.pdf PDF file | title = Master Plan | publisher = Hobart International Airport | accessdate = 2006-06-22] and Skytraders conducts regular flights to Antarctica on behalf of the Australian Antarctic Division using an Airbus A319. [Creedy, Steve. [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23034484-23349,00.html "Garrett launches flights to Antarctic"] The Australian" (online version), 11 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-20.] 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.cite web | year = 2005 | url = http://www.hobartairpt.com.au/images/HobartAirport_AR_2005.pdf PDF file | title = 2005 Annual report | publisher = Hobart International Airport | accessdate = 2006-06-20]

Developments

Domestic Terminal Redevelopment

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In 2004 the domestic terminal was redeveloped, the first in its 30 year history. This development involved:

The development would also provide car parking for over 2000 cars and road works will most likely be conducted on Holyman Avenue to ensure that traffic flow into the Airport itself is not affected. While the state government has thrown its support into the project and believes the Direct Factory Outlet will drive retail trade growth, the Hobart City Council and a large amount of retail shop owners in the Hobart CBD have expressed fear of losing business. Concern was also expressed about the Big Box being built on Commonwealth Land and therefore escaping the state planning laws.During April 2007 the Hobart Airport's public relations firm confirmed they had submitted plans of the project (including rejections) to the Federal Government for assessment. When federal Transport Minister Warren Truss assessed the project , he gave approval on condition the outlet centre was cut by almost half to 10,000 square metres [cite web | year = 2007 | url = http://www.hiapl.com.au/imagesdb/Ministerial_Conditions_of_Approval.pdf | title = Ministerial Conditions of Approval | publisher = Federal Governament | accessdate = 2008-02-26] , prompting Austexx to walk away from the proposalcite web | year = 2008 | url = http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23271099-5007221,00.html | title = Huge DFO trading by next year | publisher = The Mercury | accessdate = 2008-02-26] . However in February 2008, Austexx chief executive Geoff Porz confirmed the Direct Factory Outlet and Homemaker Hub was back on, going as far as to say that Hobart was "grossly under supplied with shopping facilities".

Landing patterns and approach

Hobart Airport resides within the Melbourne FIR, which is managed by Melbourne Centre and operated by Airservices Australia. [cite web |url=http://www.airservices.gov.au/aboutus/facilities/centres/melbournecentre.asp |title=Melbourne Centre |accessdate=2008-04-26 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Airservices Australia, Commonwealth of Australia |pages= |language=en-au |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] Once an aircraft is established on its final approach, control is handed over to Hobart Tower.

ee also

*List of airports in Australia
*Transport in Australia