Fascinating facts

• The longitude of Newcastle Airport is 151.80E and the latitude is 32.92 S.
  
• Newcastle Airport is a not-for-profit organisation and jointly owned by Newcastle City Council and Port Stephens Council.
  
• Newcastle Airport covers a total area of 28 hectares.
  
• Newcastle Airport is second busiest airport in NSW, after Sydney Airport.
  
• Newcastle Airport welcomes more than one million passengers through the terminal each year.
  
• From 2003 – 2008 Newcastle Airport experienced 535% passenger growth.
  
• There are approximately140 flights departing Newcastle Airport each week. That is, one average, 19 flights a day.
  
• The Jetstar hangar is Jetstar’s only A320 heavy maintenance base of this kind in Australia.
  
• Newcastle Airport contributes $465.5 million annually to the local economy.
  
• There is one runway at Newcastle Airport. It is 2,438 metres long and 45 metres wide.
  
• The air traffic control tower is located on the RAAF side of the aerodrome.
  
• More than 500 staff work at Newcastle Airport. There are more than 3,500 people who work at the RAAF.
  
• Commercial flights began operating from Newcastle Airport 20 February 1948.
  
• There are 17 check-in counters at Newcastle Airport.
  
• There are more than 2,000 car parking spaces at Newcastle Airport.
  
• Newcastle Airport was awarded ‘Regional Airport of the Year’ by the Australia Airports Association in 2005.