Gold Coast Airport
Highlights
- Discover seamless access to the stunning Gold Coast and Byron Bay hinterland, making your holiday start sooner.
- Enjoy over 400 weekly flights connecting you to Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and beyond, ensuring convenient travel options.
- Relax in the terminal with bars, cafes, and duty-free shopping, enhancing your travel experience before departure.
- Utilise a range of ground transport options, including rental cars and rideshare services, for easy onward journeys.
Gold Coast Airport is the gateway to Australia’s premier tourist destinations, with uninterrupted access to the stunning Gold Coast and Byron Bay hinterland, as well as onward passage to 22 destinations worldwide.
Less than 20 kilometres from Surfers Paradise and just one kilometre from Coolangatta and the New South Wales border, flying direct to the Gold Coast means your holiday starts sooner.
Uniquely located across both Queensland and New South Wales, Gold Coast Airport is the second largest airport in each state. In FY2024, it welcomed 6.3 million travellers and offered more than 400 flights every week across Australia, New Zealand, Asia and beyond.
The airport is well connected with a range of ground transport options, including rental cars, taxis, limousines, rideshare services and public buses. In the terminal, travellers can enjoy bars, cafes, duty-free shopping, retail stores and free Wi-Fi. Over 3,000 parking spaces are also available and can be pre-booked online.
Domestically, Gold Coast Airport is served by Jetstar, Virgin Australia and Qantas, Air Pelican with direct flights from Melbourne, Sydney, Cairns, Newcastle, Perth, Hobart, Canberra, Adelaide, Avalon and Darwin.
Internationally, Air New Zealand operates direct flights from Auckland, while Jetstar offers direct services from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown, Hamilton and Dunedin. Jetstar and Virgin Australia also fly direct to Bali (Denpasar), connecting the Gold Coast to Indonesia.
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Accreditations
- Australian Tourism Export Council
- Regional Tourist/Tourism Association/Organisation
- Visitor Information Centre
- QLD – Experience Gold Coast
Features
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Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Employs people with disabilities.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on their website (can be emailed on request).
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
- A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility.
Vision
Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Lifts with enough space for people using a mobility aid to enter and turn around to use the lift buttons. Buttons are at accessible height.
- Doorways which are easy to open and have lever handles (doorways 850mm or wider when open and not heavy).
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
- At least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high).
Allergies and intolerances
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
Access & Inclusion
An access and inclusion statement is available on the business website.
- https://www.goldcoastairport.com.au/at-the-airport/accessibility
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