Archerfield Airport YBAF
Brisbane's GA airport, 20 minutes south-west of the CBD, with customs by prior arrangement and low fees. Short runways restrict it to light jets and turboprops.
4,859 ft
Longest runway
20 min
Drive to Brisbane
1
FBOs / handlers
63 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- 06:00–22:00 (Confirm with the airport)
- 24-hour operations
- No
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1, Avgas 100LL
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 11 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Turboprops and light jets (Citation, Phenom, PC-12).
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Archerfield Jet Base
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Compare published takeoff distances
Initial comparison of published takeoff distances and runway length (4,859 ft). Confirm aircraft suitability and current restrictions with the operator.
Within the screening threshold
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000S 4,325 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Legacy 500 4,084 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Praetor 500 4,222 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Legacy 450 3,907 ft
- Textron Aviation Citation Latitude 3,580 ft
- Textron Aviation Citation Sovereign+ 3,530 ft
Above the screening threshold
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000LXS needs 4,675 ft
- Bombardier Learjet 45XR needs 4,680 ft
- Bombardier Learjet 40/40XR needs 4,680 ft
Other airports for Brisbane
- Brisbane Airport YBBN 11,680 ft · 20 min
What it costs to fly here privately
Sources and credits
- Archerfield Airport · Queensland State Archives · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons