Fact Box

History & Corporate Information

• Established 1940 as Airbase
• Private Owners since 2003
• Management team of 28 staff
• Easy access to main Sydney arterial roads M5, M7, Hume Highway
• Airport creates employment directly or indirectly for 6,000 people
• Community partner sponsoring 7 local organisations each year

Regulation & Compliance

• Regulated by Federal Government – Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government through the Airports Act 1996 regime

• Air traffic Services supplied by AirServices Australia

• Pay taxes of $1.4million each year to Bankstown City Council for rates & to the Federal Govertment in ex-gratia land tax 

• Airport conducted environmental audits on 103 tenants – 80% improvement over past year

Aviation

• 26th Busiest Airport in the World

• Busiest Airport in Australia

• 362,206 movements in 2008

• Code 3C Airport – corporate jets, turbo props, twin engine and helicopters

Aviation Infrastructure

• Total aviation infrastructure –3 runways, multiple taxiways passenger terminal, hardstand, and grassed parking

• An Air Traffic Control tower – unlike other regional airports

• Total area of pavement is over 450,000 m2 across the two airports

• Lighting -2 runways have lighting and numerous taxiways

• Approx 550 lights and 10 km of cabling

Property

• Total Airport site is 313 hectares

• 180 tenants – aviation tenants & non-aviation tenants

• $31million in development in past 3 years

• Total Area of Airport Owned Buildings 108,404 m2

• Area of Airport site subleases 1,234,247 m2

Infrastructure

• The Airport has a Road Network Pavement of 90,000 m2 and 800 m2 of Footpaths

• Road Network Kerb - excludes Nancy Ellis Leebold Drive - 10,000 lineal metres

• Mains Services with 12 substations and associated switchgear

• 5,872 metres of High Voltage cabling & 8,900 metres of low voltage cabling

• More than 40 distribution pillar-boxes

• 6,000 metres of sewer piping

• 8,000 metres of water piping including over 100 hydrants, 65 stop valves

• 4 Sewer pumping stations