AGENDA - Shire of Roebourne

Ordinary Council Meeting – Agenda 19 October 2009
13.4 TECHNICAL SERVICES
13.4.1 Passenger Numbers Update - Karratha Airport
Responsible Officer: Executive Manager Technical Services
Author Name: Acting Executive Manager Technical Services
Disclosure of Interest: Nil
REPORT
The purpose of this report is to inform Council of passenger numbers trends through the
Karratha Airport.
As previously advised to Council in August 2009, 497,698 passengers passed through the
Karratha Airport terminal building during the 2008/09 financial year.
The first two months of the 2009/10 financial year continue to show an increasing trend,
reflected as follows :
June 2009 : 45,813
July 2009 : 49,463
August 2009 : 48,480
The 2009/10 projected passenger figures within the Karratha Airport Master Plan 2009 are
as follows :
Low : 497,328
Medium : 580,126
High : 663,104
Work is commencing on a terminal design brief which is intended will be made available to
the Technical Services panel of providers.
This will build on the initial work completed within the Master Plan and allow consideration
to be made for terminal expansion works to be budgeted from the 2010/11 Financial Year.
The Master Plan called for minor terminal expansion with the 2009-13 and major works in
the 2013-2020 timeframe, but it would appear from existing growth, and with the impact of
future resources projects to enhance this growth, that there may be a call for these
timeframes to be reviewed.
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