Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport is an airport in Kalgoorlie,

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. The airport is south of the city. The airport handled 299,055 passengers in the 2021–22 financial year. The airport is a major hub for

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service due to the mining boom in the region. It is also a hub for the Goldfields Air Services, which offers chartering and flight lessons, along with the

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, which uses Kalgoorlie as a hub due to the lack of medical assistance for people in the region, transporting major injuries from Kalgoorlie to Perth.

History

Construction and fencing of the Kalgoorlie Aerodrome commenced in 1928, and completed the following year with

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landing five

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Jupiter Series aeroplanes in front of large crowds. The aeroplanes were making their way to Perth in preparation for the East-West Air Race. Ownership of the airport was transferred from the Commonwealth Government to the Shire of Boulder in 1989 with a A$4.2 million grant to construct a new terminal and additional runway space. The new airport opened in November 1992. The airport hosts a number of daily Perth to Kalgoorlie return flight services. Between November 2007 and November 2008, Skywest Airlines (now known as

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) operated a three times weekly direct service from Kalgoorlie to

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, which failed due to soaring fuel prices and increasing economic uncertainty. Skywest resumed their Kalgoorlie to Melbourne operation in February 2010, with a once a week service. Prior to May 2014,

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operated two flights between Kalgoorlie and

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. In 2020, Virgin Australia suspended their direct flights between Kalgoorlie and Melbourne due to the

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Airlines and destinations

Operations

References

External links

Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport
page at City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder website *

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History

Airlines and destinations

Operations

See also

References

External links