Gold Coast Airport, or Coolangatta Airport, (IATA: OOL, ICAO: YBCG) is an Australian domestic and international airport at the southern end of the Gold Coast, some 100 km (62 mi) south of Brisbane and 25 km (16 mi) south of Surfers Paradise. The entrance to the airport is situated in the suburb of Bilinga on the Gold Coast. The runway itself straddles five suburbs of twin cities across the state border of Queensland and New South Wales. During summer these states are in two different time zones.
For the 2010-11 financial year Gold Coast Airport was the sixth busiest airport in Australia in terms of passengers and eighth in aircraft movements. It is also the third fastest growing airport in the country.
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