Beschrijving
Alice Springs Airports ACIO is YBAS. Alice Springs Airport is 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) south of Alice Springs The airport has two runways, the larger of which can accommodate the Airbus A380, Boeing 747, and 777 landings(but not a fully laden takeoff due to high temperatures and the runway length).
The airport has two runways, the larger of which can accommodate the Airbus A380, Boeing 747, and 777 landing (but not a fully laden takeoff due to high temperatures and the runway length). The only scheduled flights using the airport are domestic, although international charters do use the airport on occasions. The airport is not subject to a curfew and operates 24 hours a day.
During 2010–11 a total of 640,519 domestic passengers passed through Alice Springs Airport making it the 18th busiest airport in Australia.[3]
The facility is also extensively used to launch stratospheric research balloons; the runways used for a balloon launch are closed for aircraft traffic during the balloon launch process
Seven Mile Aerodrome was originally built in 1940 by the Australian Department of Defence and was used primarily by the Royal Australian Air Force and the United States Air Force, to bring troops and supplies into the area. The airport became the main transit base for RAAF transport planes during World War II. Several civilian aircraft were permitted at the airport, but during the war, its primary purpose was military as a refueling and staging facility, as the airport was strategically located near the Pacific Theater of Operations. No. 57 Operational Base Unit (RAAF) ran and maintained the aerodrome.
In 1958 it officially became Alice Springs Airport. The main runway was extended to its present length of 2,438 m (7,999 ft) in 1961