Sunshine Coast Airport Expansion Project


Following on from its 2007 Master Plan and the lodgement of relevant project documentation with the Queensland and Australian Governments in 2010/11, Sunshine Coast Airport will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the airport expansion project during 2012.

The 2007 Master Plan identified a need to expand the airport to cater for population growth, growth in regional tourism and business, and community need for improved aviation services to and from the Sunshine Coast.

The proposed project includes:
  • A new 2,430 metre runway, which will operate in an east/west direction. Runways are orientated on compass bearings. On this basis, the runway direction is also described as 13/31
  • New terminal for passenger and baggage processing, including retail facilities
  • Expansion of the existing regular public transport (scheduled jet aircraft) apron
  • Expansion of the aviation business precinct
Benefits of the airport expansion project:
  • Additional passenger capacity
  • Access to growing markets and new domestic and international destinations
  • Increased freight capacity
  • Stimulus to the Sunshine Coast’s tourist and commercial base
  • Diversification of the Sunshine Coast’s economic and jobs base
  • Provision of around 5,000 new jobs
  • Injection of around $1.6 billion in regional economic benefit between 2015 and 2050
  • Improved safety and capacity of the airport to operate in varying weather conditions, which currently impact on flights into and out of the coast
  • The potential to reduce existing noise impacts on local communities.
if you want to be kept up to date about the project and/or provide comment visit airport website.

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