Once again it was time to head to the airport but not for a business flight; my family and I were heading to Hobart until Monday as we were attending a family wedding. We got up at 4am and at 4.45 headed to the airport. Our aircraft, an A320-232 VH-VQJ (CN 2703) was parked at gate 28.
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| VIRGIN AUSTRALIA B737-8FE VH-YIZ (CN 40702) |
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| QANTAS B 737-838 VH-VXM (CN 33483) |
We boarded JQ 759 at 6.05am, we were sitting in 28 C to F; we pushed back at 6.38 and taxied out for runway 01.
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| JETSTAR A 320-232 VH-VGO (CN 4434) |
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| JETGO EMB135LR VH-JTG (CN 145687) |
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| EMIRATES A380-861 A6-EEK (CN 132) |
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| JETSTAR A320-232 VH-VFL (CN 5489) |
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| BRISBANE TOWER |
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LOOKING DOWN RUNWAY 01 WITH THE GATEWAY BRIDGE
IN THE BACK GROUND |
We became airborne at 6.47am and after a few right hand turns we set course for Hobart. Our track took us down over Armidale and Sydney; east of Flinders Island and down the east coast of Tasmania.
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| BRISBANE AIRPORT |
Our cruising altitude was 340, we began our descent at 8.50 and landed in Hobart on runway 30 at 9.12am. Hobart has daylight saving so we had to put our clocks forward an hour so our arrival was actually 10.12
Hobart International Airport (IATA: HBA, ICAO: YMHB) is located in the Hobart suburb of Cambridge, the airport is 17 km (10 miles) southeast of Hobart; it was opened in 1956 and was privatised in 1988. The Federal government owned airport is operated by the Tasmanian Gateway Consortium under a 99-year lease. The airport has both an international and domestic terminal. The major airlines servicing the airport are Qantas Link, Jetstar Airways, Virgin Australia and Tiger Airways operating domestic flights predominantly to Melbourne and Sydney airport. Both Virgin Australia and Jetstar have a single daily direct service to and from Brisbane. Due to the airport's southern location, during the summer months Skytraders operate regular flights to Antarctica on behalf of the Australian Antarctic Division using an Airbus A319. Although the airport has not had a scheduled international passenger service since 1998 (to Christchurch, New Zealand), the airport maintains customs and immigration facilities for aircraft entering the country.
Hobart Airport only has one runway, 12 / 30 and it is 2,251 m by 45 m (7,385 feet by 148 feet) the airport is 4 m (13 feet) above sea level. The runway is constructed with an asphaltic concrete surface and can handle Boeing 767 and Airbus A300 aircraft. Boeing 777 / 747 aircraft can operate with a weight restriction. The airport has a control tower and is operational from 6am (20.00 Zulu) to 10.30pm (12.30 Zulu) after that the airport is an uncontrolled airport; so pilots are required to communicate via a Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF) to safely co-ordinate arrivals and departures.
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| MOUNT WELLINGTON |
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| SHARP AIRLINES FAIRCHILD SA 227 VH-UUN (CN AC-686B) |
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| JETSTAR A320-232 VH-VQP (CN 2573) |
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| VIRGIN AUSTRALIA B 737-8FE VH-VUO (CN 36601) |
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| JETSTAR A321-231 VH-VWY (CN 1408) |
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| QANTASLINK B717-200 VH-YQV (CN 55193) |
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| VIRGIN AUSTRALIA B 737-8FE VH-VUU (CN 36609) |
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| JETSTAR A320-232 VH-VQM (CN 2608) |
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| TIGER AIR A320-232 VH-VNB (CN 2906) |
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| THE VIEW FROM OUR UNIT |
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