{"id":756,"date":"2020-06-11T22:48:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T14:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/?post_type=listing&p=756"},"modified":"2023-11-08T13:12:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T05:12:57","slug":"alice-springs-airport-northern-territory","status":"publish","type":"listing","link":"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/listing\/alice-springs-airport-northern-territory\/","title":{"rendered":"Alice Springs Airport Northern Territory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alice Springs Airport<\/strong> Northern Territory is an Australian regional airport 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of Alice Springs<\/a>. The airport was notably involved in Australia’s first domestic airline hijacking, and later a suicide attack by a former airline employee which claimed the lives of four others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Airport<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The airport has two runways, the larger of which can accommodate a Boeing 747 or 777 landing (but not a fully laden takeoff due to high temperatures and the runway length). The only scheduled flights using the airport are domestic, although international charters do use the airport on occasions. The airport is not subject to a curfew and operates 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During 2010\u201311 a total of 640,519 domestic passengers passed through Alice Springs Airport making it the 18th busiest airport in Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Balloons<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The facility is also extensively used to launch stratospheric research balloons<\/a>; the runways used for a balloon launch are closed for aircraft traffic during the balloon launch process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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