Heading up the coast for New Year's Eve, we decided to leave home earlier and call into the Sunshine Coast airport, 1 to look at Bonza and 2 just because I haven't spotted there for that long I can't remember the last time.
The Sunshine Coast Airport (formerly known as Maroochydore Airport) (IATA: MCY, ICAO: YBSU) is located at a place called Marcoola on the Sunshine Coast and is approximately 110 km (68 miles) north of the Brisbane CBD. It is 140 km (1 hr. 35 min) from my home. But with the holiday traffic the trip took 2 hours.It is the main airport for the Sunshine Coast and is the only airport in the region capable of servicing jet aircraft operations. There are direct flights to Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. Air New Zealand did serve the city with three weekly return flights from Maroochydore to Auckland but have ceased that route for now, searches show it due to recommence early 2023.
Sunshine Coast Airport is 10 km (6.2 miles) north of Maroochydore, and was developed, owned, and operated by the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. The airport used to have two runways. The longer main runway, 18/36, handled the jets (737, A320) and the shorter runway 12/30 handled general aviation. 12/30 has since been replaced with 13/31, a larger 2,450 m (8,040 ft) runway. As of the 10th of January 2021, 13/31, became the only active runway at Sunshine Coast Airport as runway 18/36 has been decommissioned and has since been turned into taxiway Foxtrot.
Sunshine Coast Airport is 10 km (6.2 miles) north of Maroochydore, and was developed, owned, and operated by the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. The airport used to have two runways. The longer main runway, 18/36, handled the jets (737, A320) and the shorter runway 12/30 handled general aviation. 12/30 has since been replaced with 13/31, a larger 2,450 m (8,040 ft) runway. As of the 10th of January 2021, 13/31, became the only active runway at Sunshine Coast Airport as runway 18/36 has been decommissioned and has since been turned into taxiway Foxtrot.
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| DASSAULT FALCON 2000 VH-WIO (MSN 259) ARRIVED FROM BANKSTOWN (BWU) |
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| GHOSTAIR AEROSPATIALE AS350D VH-PIH (MSN 1341) |
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| VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-8SA VH-IJQ (MSN 44222) VA1034 OFF TO MELBOURNE (MEL) |
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| QANTASLINK BOEING 717-2BL VH-YQU (MSN 55180) QF1741 OFF TO SYDNEY (SYD) |
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| JETSTAR AIRBUS A321-231 VH-VWT (MSN 3717) JQ794 ARRIVED FROM MELBOURNE (MEL) |
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| JETSTAR AIRBUS A320-232 VH-VGY (MSN 4177) JQ788 ARRIVED FROM SYDNEY (SYD) |
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| HAWKER 850 XP VH-BMW (MSN 258895) |
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