Retained scope
multi-zone gateway network
Australia has 12 retained large/medium airport records (12 large, 0 medium) across 6 IANA zones.
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Country airport index
This page lists 12 retained airport records in our curated Australia airport catalog with IATA and ICAO codes, city names, and local timezone information. Airport records come from OurAirports and timezone rules come from the IANA database. Click any airport for coordinates, elevation, the current local time, and nearby airports.
Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. This airport index is reviewed as a curated reference surface. It does not claim complete aviation coverage for Australia; it lists 12 retained airport records (12 large airports) across 6 IANA timezones (Australia/Brisbane, Australia/Melbourne, Australia/Sydney plus 3 more).
Coverage note. This is an airport-reference index for timezone and travel planning. It focuses on retained large and medium airport records with usable codes and coordinates, not every runway, heliport, closed facility, or local landing strip. Airport service levels, terminal operations, route availability, and codes can change; verify with the airport, airline, NOTAM, or official aviation source before travel.
Timezone note. Airport timezone records can be more granular than the country profile. Australia/Hobart, Australia/Melbourne appears in the retained airport records but not in the country-level timezone list, so use the airport record for local-time calculations.
Country airport evidence
This page is classified as a multi-zone gateway network. The evidence score comes from static source coverage: codes, airport facts, official domains, city-clock handoffs, IANA zones, operational facts, and country dossiers where present.
Retained scope
multi-zone gateway network
Australia has 12 retained large/medium airport records (12 large, 0 medium) across 6 IANA zones.
Code and entity coverage
12 IATA, 12 ICAO
12 retained records have airport-facts rows; 12 cite official airport domains and 12 carry Wikidata entity links.
Traffic and operation facts
3 passenger rows
3 records quote passenger-volume facts; 19 runway counts are aggregated where quoted; 12 records carry scheduled-service flags.
Timezone pattern
6 airport zones
Airport clocks span UTC+08:00 to UTC+10:00, so this country page must keep airport-local time rather than assuming Australia/Perth.
Verification boundary
59 source URLs
Visible source hosts include adelaideairport.com.au, en.wikipedia.org, wikidata.org, ourairports.com, avalonairport.com.au, bne.com.au, cairnsairport.com.au, hobartairport.com.au. These support identity and static facts, not live routes, terminal assignments, NOTAMs, or airline schedules.
Editorial status
manual dossier attached
Manual dossier sources are attached for country-level aviation context; point-in-time statements still defer to the linked authorities.
Source hosts seen in retained airport facts
Traveler planning patterns
Brisbane International Airport (BNE) is the first retained airport to check for Australia; then scan the 12 large and 0 medium records for regional alternates.
Do not assume one country clock: retained airport zones span UTC+08:00 to UTC+10:00. That matters for overnight arrivals, missed-connection buffers, and airport pickup times.
9 airport records link onward to vetted city-time pages, so a code lookup can become a local-clock, daylight, holiday, and meeting-time check.
12 retained records carry a scheduled-service flag, but route availability, airline service, terminals, and disruption notices are not live here.
Australia has a holiday country page on this site, so use it alongside airport time checks for closures, public-holiday pressure, and ground-service planning.
3 retained airports quote passenger-volume facts. Airports without a quoted figure are not ranked by traffic on this page.
Airport coverage patterns
Country aviation profile
These numbers aggregate the curated airport-facts file across this country’s retained records. Missing fields mean the curation file does not quote that figure; they are not zero-imputed.
International gateways
7
Records flagged with an international-gateway role label.
Scheduled service
12 / 12
Records with the OurAirports “scheduled service” flag set.
Runway records
19
Sum of curated runway counts where the facts file quotes a number.
Curated passenger coverage
3 / 12
Aggregated curated annual volume: 32 million.
Hub airline tags
Gateway evidence matrix
The rows below show why the top airport records are useful beyond a country list: role labels, code identity, timezone, scheduled-service flags, passenger/runway facts where quoted, and the source hosts that back static airport identity.
Brisbane · BNE · Australia/Brisbane
OurAirports classifies BNE as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Brisbane.
Operations
scheduled service; 2 runways; longest runway 11,680 ft / 3,560 m; passengers 23 million passengers
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 18 coverage signals
Adelaide · ADL · Australia/Adelaide
Adelaide Airport is an international, domestic and general aviation airport serving Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, located approximately 6 km (4 mi) west of the Adelaide central business district.
Operations
scheduled service; 2 runways; longest runway 10,171 ft / 3,100 m; passengers 9 million passengers
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 19 coverage signals
Toowoomba · WTB · Australia/Brisbane
OurAirports classifies WTB as a large airport with scheduled service, which gives it stronger planning value than a code-only lookup.
Operations
scheduled service; 1 runway; passenger terminal opened with the 2014 airport project terminals; longest runway 9,416 ft / 2,870 m; passengers 18,651 passengers (YE2021)
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 5 source labels; 21 coverage signals
Cairns · CNS · Australia/Brisbane
The airport is located 2.3 nautical miles north northwest of Cairns or 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of the Cairns central business district, in the suburb of Aeroglen.
Operations
scheduled service; 1 runway; longest runway 10,489 ft / 3,197 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 18 coverage signals
Gold Coast · OOL · Australia/Brisbane
The entrance to the airport is situated in the suburb of Bilinga, located approximately 90 km (56 mi) south of Brisbane as part of the South East Queensland agglomeration.
Operations
scheduled service; 2 runways; longest runway 8,176 ft / 2,492 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 18 coverage signals
Hobart (Cambridge) · HBA · Australia/Hobart
Hobart International Airport is an airport located in Cambridge, 17 km (11 mi) north-east of the Hobart central business district.
Operations
scheduled service; 1 runway; longest runway 8,947 ft / 2,727 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 17 coverage signals
Melbourne · MEL · Australia/Melbourne
It is located approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of the Melbourne city centre.
Operations
scheduled service; 2 runways; 4 terminals terminals; longest runway 11,998 ft / 3,657 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 5 source labels; 24 coverage signals
Geelong/Melbourne · AVV · Australia/Melbourne
While located outside the Melbourne metropolitan area, it is the second busiest of the four airports serving the state capital in passenger traffic.
Operations
scheduled service; 1 runway; longest runway 10,000 ft / 3,048 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 20 coverage signals
Time-zone span
Australia’s retained airport records span 6 IANA zones from UTC+08:00 to UTC+10:00 — an offset spread of 2.0 hours. No zone here observes a seasonal DST shift in the IANA database.
Australia/Brisbane
UTC+10:00 · AEST
5 airports
Australia/Melbourne
Offset not in retained zone table
2 airports
Australia/Sydney
UTC+10:00 · AEST
2 airports
Australia/Adelaide
UTC+09:30 · ACST
1 airport
Busiest curated airports
These ranks reflect passenger volumes quoted in the curated airport-facts file; airports without a quoted figure are excluded from this card even if they may be locally busier.
Regional peer comparison
Peers are picked by geographic proximity (same continent) and similarity of retained-record counts. Comparison is structural — it does not audit fleet size, national aviation policy, or passenger traffic.
| Country | Airports |
|---|---|
| Australia | 12 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
| Fiji | 2 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 2 |
Country aviation dossier
Australia's BITRE recorded Sydney–Melbourne as the country's busiest domestic route at 8.04 million passengers in CY2024 — one of the world's largest by RPK among any two-city pair. Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD) and Melbourne Tullamarine (MEL) anchor the network; Brisbane (BNE), Perth (PER), and Adelaide (ADL) follow. Qantas Group (Qantas, Jetstar) and Virgin Australia are the dominant carriers. CASA regulates safety; the Department of Infrastructure manages slot policy. Western Sydney International (WSI) is scheduled to open in late 2026 and will reshape the Sydney basin.
Last verified 2026-05-09 · manually curated. Figures quoted in this paragraph are point-in-time; treat the linked sources as authoritative.
Frequently asked
Reference fields include Australia's ISO codes, airport slugs and IATA codes, IANA timezone identifiers, top-airport passenger labels, hub-airline tags, and peer-country slugs.
Country overview
The retained catalog currently includes 12 airport records in 12 airport cities or localities. Large airports are shown first because they are usually the most useful entry points for flight planning, timezone checks, and nearby-city lookup.
Retained records
12
Airport localities
12
Timezone records
6 zones
Time-zone planning
For overnight flights, connections near daylight-saving transitions, and cross-border itineraries, use the airport’s IANA timezone instead of assuming every airport follows the country’s primary zone.
Codes, clocks, and city mapping
IATA coverage
12 codes
Useful for passenger-facing flight searches, tickets, airport boards, and quick route lookup.
ICAO coverage
12 codes
Useful for aviation references, flight tracking, weather briefings, and operational documents.
Airport mix
12 large / 0 medium
Gateway airports are prioritized first, but regional airports remain useful for local clock checks.
DST travel risk
Multi-zone
Recheck local airport time around overnight arrivals, daylight-saving weekends, and cross-border connections.
These rows connect retained airport records to city-time pages, so a reader can move from a flight code to the local clock, nearby planning context, and meeting-time checks.
Brisbane
2 linked airports
BNE Brisbane International Airport (Australia/Brisbane); MCY Sunshine Coast Airport (Australia/Brisbane)
Geelong/Melbourne
2 linked airports
AVV Melbourne Avalon International Airport (Australia/Melbourne); MEL Melbourne Airport (Australia/Melbourne)
Adelaide
1 linked airport
ADL Adelaide International Airport (Australia/Adelaide)
Gold Coast
1 linked airport
OOL Gold Coast Airport (Australia/Brisbane)
Perth
1 linked airport
PER Perth International Airport (Australia/Perth)
Sydney (Mascot)
1 linked airport
SYD Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (Australia/Sydney)
Major airport list
These entries are pulled from the same retained catalog as the full table below. Use them as a starting point for local time, code lookup, and nearby-city planning, then verify route and terminal details with the airport or airline.
Adelaide International Airport
Adelaide
large airport · Australia/Adelaide
Brisbane International Airport
Brisbane
large airport · Australia/Brisbane
Cairns International Airport
Cairns
large airport · Australia/Brisbane
Gold Coast Airport
Gold Coast
large airport · Australia/Brisbane
Hobart International Airport
Hobart (Cambridge)
large airport · Australia/Hobart
Melbourne Airport
Melbourne
large airport · Australia/Melbourne
Route-planning cues
Start with gateway airports
12 large airports
Use large-airport entries first for broad trip planning, then scan medium airports for regional options.
Check the local clock
6 timezones
Compare airport zones before overnight arrivals, early departures, or daylight-saving changes.
Move to city context
9 linked airports
Linked city pages help turn an airport timezone into a local clock for meetings and ground plans.
Boundary: this page supports code lookup, timezone checks, and city planning. It does not verify active routes, terminals, flight schedules, border rules, or operating notices.
City coverage
Example flight and gate labels are generated for display; local-time values use the timezone records shown on the page.
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