Air traffic services centres
The map below shows the Australian flight information region (FIR). Airservices is responsible for around 11 per cent of the world’s airspace.The airspace above the white-coloured FIR boundary line is controlled from the Brisbane Centre and the airspace below is controlled from Melbourne Centre.
Brisbane
Location: Brisbane Airport, Brisbane, Queensland
Postal address: Locked Bag 747, Eagle Farm, QLD 4009
Date constructed: 1995
Operating hours: 24hrs/365 days a year
Brisbane Centre is one our two major centres – the other being in Melbourne.
From Brisbane Centre, Airservices manages the airspace over the northern half of Australia, representing around five per cent of the world’s total airspace.
Brisbane Centre’s flight information region (FIR) neighbours include Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, New Zealand, and the USA.
Brisbane Centre is responsible for the airspace from 45nm (83km) north of Sydney, up to the airspace boundaries with Indonesia and Papua New Guinea in the north, and east to the airspace boundaries with New Zealand and Fiji.
Brisbane Centre also manages the upper level airspace for the Pacific Island nations of the Solomon Islands and Nauru under contracts with the governments of both nations.
Brisbane Centre has a strong focus on international air traffic, since all international flights to Australia from North or South America travel through Brisbane airspace, as do a significant share of flights to Australia from Asia.
For example, the Oceanic airspace off the east coast of Australia is managed from Brisbane Centre, so aircraft flying from Sydney to Auckland NZ or from Tasmania to New Zealand travel through Brisbane airspace for a significant portion of their journey.
To further demonstrate the extent of Brisbane Centre’s airspace, the Brisbane FIR covers most of the northern portion of Western Australia.
The transition to Brisbane Centre began in 1998, with the centre in full operation by January 2000.
Melbourne
Location: Melbourne Airport, Melbourne, Victoria
Postal address: Locked Bag 1093, Tullamarine, VIC 3043
Date constructed: 1996
Operating hours: 24hrs/365 days a year
Melbourne Centre is one of our two major centres – the other being in Brisbane.
The Melbourne flight information region (FIR) includes the southern half of Australia and the Southern and Indian oceans. Representing around six per cent of the world’s surface, our service delivery extends from Indonesia to the South Pole and from halfway to New Zealand to halfway to Africa. The centre is directly responsible for en route services throughout the FIR.
The first air traffic control operations commenced in Melbourne Centre in November 1998. By 31 January 2000, the transition to full operations was complete.
Airservices work closely with our FIR neighbours including South Africa, Mauritius, Male (The Maldives), Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Auckland (New Zealand).
Air Traffic Control Towers
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Location: Albury Airport, Albury, New South Wales
Height: 17m to cabin ceiling
Date constructed: 1982
Location: Bankstown Airport, Bankstown, New South Wales
Postal address: PO Box 239, Condell Park, NSW 2200
Height: 15m to cabin floor
Date constructed: 1968
Location: Camden Airport, Camden, New South Wales
Postal address: PO Box 639, Camden, NSW 2570
Height: 17m
Date constructed: 1972
Location: Coffs Harbour Airport, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
Postal address: PO. Box 542, Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450
Height: 20m to top of roof
Date constructed: 1985 – 1986
Location: Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport, Sydney, New South Wales
Postal address: PO Box 211, Mascot, NSW 1460
Height: 50m
Date constructed: 1993 – 1996
Northern Territory
Postal address: PO Box 313, Alice Springs, NT 0871
Height: 22m
Date constructed: 1968 – 1969
Queensland
Location: Archerfield Airport, Archerfield, Queensland
Postal address: PO Box 177, Archerfield, QLD 4108
Height: 30m
Date constructed: 1973 – 1975
Location: Brisbane Airport, Brisbane, Queensland
Postal address: Locked Bag 747, Eagle Farm, QLD 4009
Height: 75m
Date constructed: 1985
Location: Cairns Airport, Cairns, Queensland
Postal address: PO Box 314N, North Cairns, QLD 4870
Height: 48m
Date constructed: 1989 – 1990
Location: Gold Coast Airport, Coolangatta, Queensland
Postal address: PO Box 300, Coolangatta, QLD 4225
Height: 22.6m to roof slab
Date constructed: 1990
Location: Hamilton Island, Queensland
Postal address: PO Box 313, Hamilton Island, QLD 4803
Height: 5m
Date constructed: 1984
Location: Mackay Airport, Mackay, Queensland
Postal address: PO Box 4019, South Mackay, QLD 4746
Date constructed: 1971
Location: Rockhampton Airport, Rockhampton, Queensland
Postal address: PO Box 4064, Rockhampton, QLD 4700
Height:
Date constructed: 2011
Location: Sunshine Coast Airport, Maroochydore, Queensland
Postal address: M/S 1102 Sunshine Coast Airport, Marcoola, QLD 4564
Height: 25m
South Australia
Tasmania
Location: Hobart Airport, Hobart, Tasmania
Postal address: 37 Tower Road, Cambridge TAS 7170
Height: 35m
Date constructed: 1956
Location: Launceston Airport, Launceston, Tasmania
Postal address: PO Box 103, Evandale, TAS 7212
Height: 10m
Date constructed: 1953
Victoria
Location: Essendon Airport, Essendon, Victoria
Postal address: PO Box 1093, Tullamarine, VIC 3043
Date constructed: 1955 – 1956
Location: Tullamarine Airport, Melbourne, Victoria
Postal address: GPO Box 1093, Tullamarine, VIC 3043
Height: 75m
Western Australia
Location: Broome Airport, Broome, Western Australia
Postal address: PO Box 7478, Broome WA 6725
Built: 2011
Location: Jandakot Airport, Jandakot, Western Australia
Height: 25m
Date constructed: 1965
Location: Karratha Airport, Karratha, Western Australia
Postal address: PO Box 1003, Karratha WA 6714
Height: 22m
Location: Perth Airport, Perth, Western Australia
Postal address: GPO Box X2212, Perth, WA 6847
Height: 80m
Date constructed: 1987
Location: Port Hedland International Airport, Port Hedland, Western Australia.
Postal address: PO Box 1028, Port Hedland WA 6721.
Date constructed: The interim tower providing AFIS was relocated to Port Hedland in March 2013. The old ATC tower was commissioned in the early 1970’s, and ceased operations in 1999.
Height: Aerodrome Flight Information Service (AFIS) building height is approximately 8.5 metres, and has a floor height of approximately 5 metres above the ground. The old air traffic control tower (ATC) has a height of approx 19 metres.