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Chapter 8 | Aviation<br />

Figure 8.3<br />

Map <strong>of</strong> top 40 Australian airports<br />

DARWIN<br />

Gove<br />

Cairns<br />

Broome<br />

Townsville<br />

Port Hedl<strong>and</strong><br />

Karratha<br />

Newman<br />

ALICE SPRINGS<br />

Ayers Rock<br />

Mount Isa<br />

Hamilton Isl<strong>and</strong><br />

Proserpine<br />

Mackay<br />

Rockhampton<br />

Gladstone<br />

Hervey Bay<br />

Bundaberg<br />

Maroochydore<br />

BRISBANE<br />

Gold Coast<br />

Ballina<br />

C<strong>of</strong>fs Harbour<br />

PERTH<br />

International airports<br />

Kalgoorlie<br />

Port Lincoln<br />

Dubbo<br />

Williamtown<br />

Mildura<br />

SYDNEY<br />

ADELAIDE<br />

Wagga Wagga CANBERRA<br />

Albury<br />

MELBOURNE<br />

Mount Gambier<br />

Avalon<br />

Port Macquarie<br />

Other airports<br />

Launceston<br />

HOBART<br />

Table 8.1<br />

Intercapital air distances (great circle distances)<br />

Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth Hobart Darwin Canberra<br />

(kilometres)<br />

Sydney 706 753 1,167 3,284 1,039 3,155 236<br />

Melbourne 1,381 643 2,706 618 3,131 470<br />

Brisbane 1,622 3,615 1,791 2,852 956<br />

Adelaide 2,120 1,172 2,619 972<br />

Perth 3,022 2,651 3,091<br />

Hobart 3,742 850<br />

Darwin 3,141<br />

Source: BITRE (2008d), Aviation statistics—website release.<br />

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