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The Canberra
International Airport
(IATA: CBR, ICAO: YSCB) is the
airport serving Australia's national
capital, Canberra. It is divided
into three sections: the passenger
terminal and general aviation
facility on one side of the main
runway, the ex-air force base
on the other, which houses the
government's VIP transport squadron
and is used by visiting heads
of state and military aircraft
in transit, and a retail and mixed
use section on Majura Road. Although
there are no current international
flight services, a service to
Fiji operated briefly in 2004.
Today, the airport is a hub for
flights to south eastern Australia.
The airport today can handle traffic
from Melbourne Airport or Sydney
International (Kingsford Smith
International), where weather
conditions restrict landings.
The airport is located near the
semi-rural suburb of Pialligo
about 10 minutes drive from the
city centre and also a 10 minute
drive to Queanbeyan. Approach
and departure corridors lie over
largely unpopulated areas, although
moves have been made to create
housing estates under flight paths
over the territory border in New
South Wales.
The airport was built up from
an old airstrip that was first
laid down in the 1920s, not long
after the National Capital site
was decided on. In 1939 it was
taken over by the Royal Australian
Air Force (RAAF), with an area
leased out for civil aviation.
From 1962 it was known as RAAF
Base Fairbairn. The site was sold
to Canberra International Airport
in 1998 and the RAAF area was
leased back by the Department
of Defence. It was decommissioned
as a RAAF base in 2003, although
one squadron remains based there.
Qantas (Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne,
Perth, Sydney)
QantasLink (Sydney, Melbourne,
Brisbane)
Virgin Blue (Adelaide, Brisbane,
Melbourne)
Brindabella Airlines (Albury,
Newcastle, Traralgon)
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