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Perth Airport is an Australian domestic and international airport located south
of Guildford, Western Australia, and is the major commercial airport servicing Western
Australia's capital city, Perth. It is the fourth busiest airport in Australia and
plays a strategic role due to its location, servicing many Australian, Asian, and
Indian Ocean destinations as well as Johannesburg, South Africa and Dubai, United
Arab Emirates. The airport has seen strong passenger growth in the last few years,
primarily due to the prolonged mining boom and the increase in services from international
budget carriers.
The two domestic terminals are side by side and about 12 Km from the Perth CBD,
whilst the international terminal is 17 Km from the CBD. The international terminal
is on the opposite side of the main runway from the domestic terminals. The road
distance between the international terminal and the domestic terminals is 11 Km.
The airport is located near major arterial roads, Great Eastern Highway and Tonkin
Highway. The domestic terminal is also accessible from the city by public transport
buses, and transfers between terminals are available by use of an hourly inter-terminal
transfer bus or taxi.
Perth Airport has three main terminals and one minor terminal. Terminal 1, the eastern
international terminal caters for flights originating or departing outside Australia,
with five jetways and a total of seven gates. It has also supported upstart domestic
airlines such as Compass Airlines and Blue. The western domestic terminal is divided
into two structures. Terminal 2, the Qantas terminal primarily dedicated to Qantas
domestic operations, with four jetways and a total of nine gates. Domestic flights
for Jetstar, and QantasLink as well as selected charter airlines operate from this
terminal. It has one member lounge, The Qantas Club. Terminal 3, a Multi-user Domestic
Terminal formerly the Ansett terminal, now used by Skywest, Virgin Blue, Ozjet,
Alliance Airlines and Tiger Airways Australia domestic services, with two jetways
and a total of seven gates. It currently has one lounge for Virgin Blue called The
Lounge which utilises the former Ansett Golden Wing Club / Alliance Airlines Lounge.
A northern general aviation terminal used primarily by charter aircraft, mainly
for mining companies as fly-in fly-out services to remote operations. Flights are
serviced by two runways – the main 03/21 runway, 3444 m long and 06/24, 2163 m long.
Perth Airport provides the following on-field services including Air freight; Aviation
fuel; In-flight catering facilities; Air traffic control facilities; and 24-hour
rescue and fire fighting facilities. Meteorological services for Perth Airport commenced
in May 1944, provided by the Guildford Meteorological Office situated at Ivy St,
Redcliffe
In 1988, surface observations were moved to the recently-vacated old airport tower
on the northern side of the airfield, near what is now Terminal 3. The Ivy Street
location was retained for a time for radar services and the launching and tracking
of weather balloons. In 1997, all operations from the Ivy Street Office and Old
Control Tower were transferred to a newly constructed office on the Northern Perimeter
Road in Belmont, in the north-eastern corner of the airfield.
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