Media Release - 'AAC's Airspace Optimisation Project wins national award

(20/11/17)
 

Archerfield Airport's Airspace Optimisation Project has been named Corporate Project of the Year at the Australian Airport's Association (AAA) national awards. 

Announced in Adelaid last week, the award recognises project innovation and excellence that provides major benefits to an airport's operation. The Airspace Optimisation Project is a credit to the management team at Archerfield Airport Corporation (AAC) and Keith Tonkin of Aviation Projects who was engaged by AAC to implement the various project phases...

Media Release - preliminary draft Major Development Plan & Project AIM works

(04/12/18)
 

Airside infrastructure improvements planned for Archerfield Airport

Archerfield Airport Corporation (AAC) is preparing to implement Archerfield Airport Project AIM: Airside Infrastructure Modernisation (Project AIM) which plans to deliver several airside infrastructure improvements foreshadowed in successive airport master plans since 2000.  

In accordance with the Master Plan 2017-2037, Archerfield Airport is forecast to cater for between 170,000 and 260,000 aircraft movements per year. Project AIM will assist in facilitating this anticipated growth by improving and modernising the existing ageing infrastructure and.....

Media Release - MDP approved by Minister

(19/06/19)

The General Manager of Archerfield Airport, Heather Mattes, has welcomed Federal Government approval of a draft Major Development Plan (dMDP) to extend and improve the airport’s main runway.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, Michael McCormack, this week approved the runway extension, which is among some $17.5 million worth of planned airport improvements...

Media Release - Project AIM works accelerated

(29/01/21)

Archerfield Airport's massive $17.8 million airside infrastructure modernisation program will be completed years ahead of schedule, thanks to Queensland Government funding via its Building Acceleration Fund (BAF) program.

Archerfield Airport Corporation (AAC) is pleased to announce that the full program of works associated with Project AIM (Airside Infrastructure Modernisation) is now expected to be completed by the end of 2021. Initially, under AAC's Project AIM Major Development Plan (MDP) approved by the Federal Minister on 17th June 2019, the project was to be implemented in several stages, with works to take up to 10 years to complete...

Media Release - Archerfield Airport Draft Master Plan Approved

(31/07/17)
 

The Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Darren Chester, has approved Archerfield Airport’s Draft Master Plan (2017 – 2037).

The Plan will guide the ongoing development of the airport into a modern, world-class facility to serve as a centre of excellence for aeronautical and related activities and the focus of general and corporate aviation in South East Queensland.

Public submissions to the draft closed in February, and formal approval of the Plan this month paves the way for further investment at the airport.

Media Release - Condolences from Archerfield Airport

(27/09/17)

The staff of Archerfield Airport Corporation express their deepest sympathy to the families of the two pilots tragically killed on Tuesday, 26 September. 

Media Release - RAAF Roulettes at 'Brisbane Open House'

(03/10/17)
 

The internationally renowned RAAF Roulettes aerobatic display team will be a highlight of Brisbane Open House at Archerfield Airport next month.

The free aerial display starts at 10am on Saturday, October 7, 2017 and features world-class formation flying, with the Roulettes’ Pilatus PC-9/A aircraft flying as close as 3m apart, up to speeds of 460km per hour, and as low as 80m.

Brisbane Open House at the airport this year celebrates Archerfield’s long history, its many achievements and future plans. Archerfield Airport was Brisbane’s major airport in the 1930s and a key military airbase for Australia during the Pacific Campaign of World War 2. It is now Brisbane’s metropolitan General Aviation airport and a key centre for flight training and corporate and aeromedical/emergency services.......

Media Release - New Life for Former RQAC Premises

(05/06/17)
 

Basair Aviation College will occupy the former Royal Queensland Aero Club (RQAC) premises at Archerfield Airport following an exhaustive Expression of Interest process conducted by Jones Lang LaSalle for Archerfield Airport Corporation (AAC).

Basair is Australia’s largest flying school and provides flight training for Griffith University’s Graduate Diploma, Boeing’s Pilot Development Program and Diploma courses where students may be eligible for VET Student Loans.

Basair has leased the Aviation Student Accommodation and Training Complex at Archerfield Airport since 2014. With the complex fully occupied for the first time and the College operating at maximum capacity, the College needs more space to expand.

Basair will also launch Brisbane Aviators, based on their very successful Sydney Aviators operation, to service South East Queensland pilots who want to learn to fly for fun. The RQAC premises have been vacant since RQAC went into voluntary administration in March 2016. AAC plans for RQAC club members to maintain a presence at Archerfield Airport.

AAC Newsletter - May 2017:  

Securing GA's Future, A message from the GM, FOGA Remembrance Day, Environment News, Archerfield at Avalon, Upcoming Pavement Maintenance Works, ANZAC Day Initiative - Flying Neighbourly, Weather Images for All, Oxley Creek Revitalisation, Jet Base Film Set, Phenom Visits, In Transition, Profle on Wayne Bass - Aviation Spotter/Photographer, Spotted at Archerfield, Safety Focus, For Lease. 

AAC Newsletter - February 2017:  

Airport Preliminary Draft Master Plan update, Transition - Archerfield Logistics Estate - Works have commenced, A message from the GM, Vale: Nick Karp & Peter Lynch, Airspace Optimisation Project update, Congratulations Genise Benz, Environment news, Staying secure, Safety focus, Archerfield at Avalon, Bird & wildlife hazard management, Festival time, A framework for balance, For lease, Tower talk.