Hobart Airport Australia

Hobart International Airport  is the primary passenger and freight airport of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The Hobart Airport is located on the Eastern shore of the Derwent River, near the semi-rural/industrial suburb of Cambridge. This is approximately 20 kilometres from the city centre via the Tasman Highway.

Being sited on a narrow peninsula, take-off and landing are inevitably directed over bodies of water regardless of approach/departure direction. This region, especially that immediately surrounding the Hobart Airport, remain largely unpopulated which enables the airport to operate curfew free services.

Although the Hobart airport has not had a regular scheduled international passenger service since the 1990s (to Christchurch, New Zealand), the official name of Hobart International Airport remains. Singapore Airlines’ charter program flies into the airport using Boeing jet aircraft and Skytraders conducts regular flights to Antarctica on behalf of the Australian Antarctic Division using an Airbus A319. As such, the airport maintains its international terminal building, customs and immigration facilities.

The Hobart airport now serves over 20,000 flights which equates to 1.6 million people per year.

Hobart city centre is some 15 km from Hobart International Airport (HBA) at Cambridge. The following airlines fly to HBA:

• Qantas flies from Melbourne and Sydney.
• Jetstar flies from Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
• Virgin Blue flies from Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.
• Tasair flies from Burnie

An airport bus service runs from the Hobart airport to Hobart city centre. It is a couple of hours drive from Launceston airport (hire cars can be rented either in advance or at the airports), or three to four hours drive from the ferry terminal in Devonport.