# Sunshine Coast Airport (MCY / YBSU)

**Sunshine Coast Airport** (IATA: MCY, ICAO: YBSU) is a large airport in Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia. It opened in 1959. It has one runway, 2,800 m (9,186 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 1.5 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybsu

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MCY / YBSU
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia
- Opened: 1959
- Elevation: 5 m / 15 ft
- Coordinates: -26.5933, 153.0832
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,800 m / 9,186 ft
- Passengers: 1,493,435 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Australia/Brisbane
- Website: http://www.sunshinecoastairport.com.au
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Coast_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q903231
- Weather station: YBSU
- Ident: YBSU

## Timeline

- 1959: Sunshine Coast Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 2,800 m / 9,186 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 142° / 322° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 857,415 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 795,375 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 866,504 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 872,348 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 901,704 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,010,258 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,126,684 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,234,905 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,283,036 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 327,378 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 576,711 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,493,435 | Wikidata |

## Routes

8 destinations in 4 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (7)

- [SYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yssy.md) Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · Australia · 838 km / 521 mi · Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways
- [CNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybcs.md) Cairns International Airport · Australia · 1,319 km / 820 mi · Jetstar Airways
- [MEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymml.md) Melbourne Airport · Australia · 1,455 km / 904 mi · Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways
- [ADL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypad.md) Adelaide International Airport · Australia · 1,669 km / 1,037 mi · Jetstar Airways
- [AKL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzaa.md) Auckland International Airport · New Zealand · 2,347 km / 1,458 mi · Jetstar Airways
- [DPS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wadd.md) Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport · Indonesia · 4,455 km / 2,768 mi · Jetstar Airways
- [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 6,106 km / 3,794 mi · Jetstar Airways

### Charter (1)

- [EMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yeml.md) Emerald Airport · Australia · 598 km / 372 mi · Alliance Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from MCY, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (4)

- JQ [Jetstar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetstar-airways) · 7
- QF [Qantas Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantas-airways) · 2
- VA [Virgin Australia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/virgin-australia) · 2
- QQ [Alliance Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alliance-airlines) · 1 · charter

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.5M (2022) | #684 of 3,974 | #20 in Oceania | #12 in AU |
| Longest runway | 2,800 m / 9,186 ft | =1,615 of 29,858 | #32 in Oceania | #18 in AU |
| Elevation | 5 m / 15 ft | =41,887 of 43,403 | =2,077 in Oceania | =1,203 in AU |
| Age | Opened 1959 | =4,466 of 15,079 | =94 in Oceania | =44 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 114.200 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 124.400 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 129.000 |
| GND | GND | 121.100 |
| TWR | TWR | 124.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [BNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybbn.md) Brisbane International Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [YAMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yamb.md) RAAF Base Amberley · 122 km / 76 mi
- [KGY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ykry.md) Kingaroy Airport · 124 km / 77 mi
- [HVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yhba.md) Hervey Bay Airport · 143 km / 89 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Sunshine Coast Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sunshine_Coast_Airport&oldid=1374314359), revision of 11 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybsu/data