Where is CBR airport?

CBR is a medium-sized airport in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, at -35.3069, 149.1950, 575 m above sea level.

What time zone is CBR in?

CBR is in the Australia/Sydney time zone, UTC+11 / UTC+10 (winter / summer).

How many passengers use CBR?

2,795,891 passengers in 2025, according to BITRE, the Australian Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (scheduled flights). Jan–May 2026: 1,079,477 passengers, −1.8% on the same months of 2025.

Canberra Airport opened in 1927.

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Medium-sized airport in Canberra, Australia.

IATA code: CBR
ICAO code: YSCB
Size: medium; OurAirports class
Passengers: 2,795,891; 2025 · −1.3% on the year before
Nonstop routes: 9; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC+11 / UTC+10; Australia/Sydney
Elevation: 575 m; 1,886 ft
Runways: 2; Longest 3,283 m

Jan–May 2026: 1,079,477 passengers, −1.8% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).

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More codes: airport codes starting with C

About CBR

Canberra Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Canberra, Australia. It opened in 1927. 2,795,891 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 9 nonstop routes from CBR.

Wikidata (CC0) · BITRE (CC BY). Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from CBR

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
CBR → MEL	Melbourne, Australia	470 km	967,607
CBR → BNE	Brisbane, Australia	954 km	667,023
CBR → SYD	Sydney, Australia	236 km	598,219
CBR → ADL	Adelaide, Australia	972 km	196,565
CBR → OOL	Gold Coast, Australia	891 km	181,026
CBR → NAN	Nadi, Fiji	3,400 km	28,043
CBR → DOH	Doha, Qatar	12,241 km	6,276
CBR → DPS	Denpasar, Indonesia	4,539 km	1,006
CBR → SFO	San Francisco, United States	12,171 km	238

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports, BITRE (domestic May 2025 – Apr 2026, international Jul 2025 – Jun 2026) for routes in and out of Australia. Routes outside these are not counted.

Nearest airports

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
MYA	Moruya Airport	Moruya, Australia	108 km
OOM	Cooma Snowy Mountains Airport	Cooma, Australia	112 km
WGA	Wagga Wagga Airport	Wagga Wagga, Australia	158 km
MIM	Merimbula Airport	Merimbula, Australia	189 km
BHS	Bathurst Airport	Bathurst, Australia	215 km

Distance from CBR to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
CBR → LHR	London, United Kingdom	17,006 km	—
CBR → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	11,914 km	—
CBR → CDG	Paris, France	16,904 km	—
CBR → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	16,455 km	—
CBR → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	14,873 km	—
CBR → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	16,638 km	—
CBR → JFK	New York, United States	16,239 km	—
CBR → ATL	Atlanta, United States	15,157 km	—
CBR → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	12,282 km	—
CBR → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	6,204 km	—
CBR → HND	Tokyo, Japan	7,905 km	—
CBR → DOH	Doha, Qatar	12,241 km	6,276

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
17/35	3,283 m	45 m	Asphalt	Yes
12/30	1,679 m	30 m	Asphalt	Yes

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Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia · -35.3069, 149.1950

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Questions

Canberra Airport has the IATA code CBR and the ICAO code YSCB. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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