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Until 1999, the airport was known as Coolangatta Airport. It originally consisted (1936) of three grass strips with the intention of only providing emergency landing ground for airmail aircraft transiting between Brisbane and Sydney. Finally, passenger flights took off for the first time in 1939, using the then grassy field of the current Coolangatta site.
Regular services were started by Queensland Airlines and Better Air Transport after the Second World War. Ansett started its own services in 1950 using DC-3s, while Trans Australia Airlines did the same in 1954 using DC-3s too as well as DC-4s and Convairs to link other Australian cities.
By 1958, the taxiways and runways were fully-paved, with the later being upgraded a decade later to allow jet opertations with DC-9 and L-188 Electra aircraft to began. The current terminal, entitled Eric Robinson Building, was officially opened in 1981 by Acting Prime Minister Douglas Anthony, when at the time more than 650,000 passengers were using the airport.
The following year, the main runway was lengthened to 2042m, thus permitting the use of wide-body jets by the two domestic operators Ansett Airlines and Trans Australia Airlines and their Boeing 767 and Airbus A300 respectively on flights from Melbourne and Sydney.
In 1990, the airport welcomed its first international charter service from New Zealand, and by 1998, Air New Zealand low-cost subsidiary Freedom Air started scheduled no-frills service from Hamilton, New Zealand with Boeing 737s.
On January 1, 1988, the airport ownership was transferred from the government to the Federal Airport Corporation. Its full privatisation occurred a decade later, when it was taken over by QAL - Queensland Airport Limited on May 29, 1998. By 1999, the company's name had changed to become GCAL - Gold Coast Airport Limited. Despite the name change, Gold Coast Airport still carries IATA Airport Code, OOL.
It is anticipated that a railway station will be constructed at the airport when the Gold Coast Line is extended. The Tugun Bypass soon to be open will provide links to the Airport and the bypass even goes under the new runway.
The airport opened an extension to the main runway as well as a full length parallel taxiway in May 2007. The runway will be 2500m/8200ft long, allowing for heavier aircraft with greater range to take off. On 16 May 2007, the runway extension was officially inaugurated by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services, the Hon Mark Vaile MP.
Gold Coast Airport has appointed ADCO Constructions as the principal design and construct contractor for a $100million redevelopment of the airport’s main terminal. Scheduled to start in early 2008, stage one of the project will double the size of the existing facility to almost 27,000 square metres, incorporating domestic and international operations with self service kiosks and 40 common user check-in desks. The works will accommodate forecast growth for the next 10 years with a further expansion, stage two, scheduled to kick in upon demand. The main terminal – incorporating T1 and T2 - currently houses operations for Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin Blue, Freedom Air, Pacific Blue and AirAsia X. Terminal 3 accommodates Tiger Airways.Ideally situated to service the increasing traffic through the busy
Domestic & International Gold Coast Airport, this location is a
'stones throw' from most of the Southern Coast accommodation and our
friendly team offer a FREE pick-up from your Hotel or Motel.
The
beaches of Coolangatta have some of the Gold Coast's best surfing
conditions and most picturesque scenery. Greenmount Beach and
Rainbow Bay are the Gold Coast's only North facing beaches providing
sheltered conditions for swimming.
So
close to the Gold Coast Airport that you feel as if you are going to
land on the beach. Of course if you wish to explore the northern end
of the Gold Coast, including Surfers Paradise, then why not pick up
a rental car from Bargain Wheels. Alternatively a walk around the
point to Snapper Rocks improves your chances of seeing the whales on
their annual migration throughout the cooler parts of the year.
So whether it's car rental from Gold Coast Airport or car hire from Coolangatta ... give our team a call today.
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