CBR

Canberra Airport

ICAO YSCB35.3069°S 149.1950°E575 m / 1,886 ftMedium airport
On the map

Canberra Airport (IATA: CBR, ICAO: YSCB) is a medium airport in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. It opened on 7 May 1927. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,283 m (10,771 ft). In 2022 it handled 2.4 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1927–1927
07 MAY 1927
OpenedCanberra Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Canberra Airport Terminal Building
17/35180° / 360° · LIT
LENGTH3,283 m10,771 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
12/30130° / 310° · LIT
LENGTH1,679 m5,509 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
3.2M
3.1M
3.0M
2.8M
2.8M
2.9M
3.1M
3.2M
3.2M
909K
1.0M
2.4M
111213141516171819202122

Routes

13 destinations · 4 countries
Year-round11
SYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Virgin Australia236 km147 miNTLNewcastle AirportAustralia · FlyPelican, Link Airways370 km230 miMELMelbourne AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways470 km292 miLSTLaunceston AirportAustralia · Link Airways715 km444 miHBAHobart International AirportAustralia · Link Airways850 km528 miOOLGold Coast AirportAustralia · Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways892 km554 miBNEBrisbane International AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways956 km594 miADLAdelaide International AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Virgin Australia970 km603 miPERPerth International AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways3,085 km1,917 miNANNadi International AirportFiji · Fiji Airways3,400 km2,113 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways12,246 km7,609 mi
Most destinationsVirgin Australia 6QantasLink 5Link Airways 4Jetstar Airways 3FlyPelican 1Qantas Airways 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CBR. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Canberra Airport” (revision of 6 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers2.4M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#522of 3,974 · #15 Oceania · #8 AULongest runway3,283 m10,771 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#749of 29,823 · #15 Oceania · #7 AUElevation575 m1,886 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=9,461of 43,341 · =316 Oceania · =72 AUAgeOpened 19272026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=280of 15,079 · =7 Oceania · #7 AURunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =62 Oceania · =33 AU
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels
APP/DEP EASTApproach/Departure EAST of R35124.500
ATIS/VORATIS AH116.700
APP/DEP WESTApproach/Departure WEST of R35 (MELBOURNE CNTR)125.900
GCCDGND CLNC DEL121.700
TWR/CTAFTWR (CTAF AH)118.700
ATISATIS127.450