Where is OOL airport?

OOL is a large airport in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, at -28.1660, 153.5066, 6 m above sea level.

What time zone is OOL in?

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

How many passengers use OOL?

6,214,647 passengers in 2025, according to BITRE, the Australian Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (scheduled flights). Jan–May 2026: 2,642,599 passengers, +9.7% on the same months of 2025.

Gold Coast Airport opened in 1939.

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OOL — Gold Coast Airport

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Large airport in Gold Coast, Australia.

IATA code: OOL
ICAO code: YBCG
Size: large; OurAirports class
Passengers: 6,214,647; 2025 · +0.1% on the year before
Nonstop routes: 13; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC+11 / UTC+10; Australia/Sydney
Elevation: 6 m; 20 ft
Runways: 2; Longest 2,492 m

Jan–May 2026: 2,642,599 passengers, +9.7% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).

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More codes: airport codes starting with O

About OOL

Gold Coast Airport is a large airport serving Gold Coast, Australia. It opened in 1939. 6,214,647 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 13 nonstop routes from OOL.

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

Busiest nonstop routes from OOL

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
OOL → SYD	Sydney, Australia	678 km	2,609,754
OOL → MEL	Melbourne, Australia	1,328 km	2,216,157
OOL → AKL	Auckland, New Zealand	2,219 km	329,496
OOL → ADL	Adelaide, Australia	1,606 km	288,246
OOL → CBR	Canberra, Australia	891 km	181,026
OOL → DPS	Denpasar, Indonesia	4,555 km	125,930
OOL → CHC	Christchurch, New Zealand	2,407 km	94,641
OOL → ZQN	Queenstown, New Zealand	2,306 km	66,475
OOL → WLG	Wellington, New Zealand	2,425 km	61,319
OOL → HLZ	Hamilton, New Zealand	2,298 km	53,507
OOL → DUD	Dunedin, New Zealand	2,457 km	47,523
OOL → DFW	Dallas-Fort Worth, United States	13,363 km	222
OOL → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	11,537 km	213

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.

Airports within 150 km

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
BNK	Ballina Byron Gateway Airport	Ballina, Australia	74 km
LSY	Lismore Airport	Lismore, Australia	78 km
BNE	Brisbane International Airport	Brisbane, Australia	95 km

Distance from OOL to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
OOL → LHR	London, United Kingdom	16,633 km	—
OOL → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	12,042 km	—
OOL → CDG	Paris, France	16,624 km	—
OOL → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	16,190 km	—
OOL → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	14,851 km	—
OOL → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	16,290 km	—
OOL → JFK	New York, United States	15,520 km	—
OOL → ATL	Atlanta, United States	14,526 km	—
OOL → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	11,537 km	213
OOL → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	6,210 km	—
OOL → HND	Tokyo, Japan	7,198 km	—
OOL → DOH	Doha, Qatar	12,393 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
14/32	2,492 m	45 m	Asphalt	Yes
17/35	582 m	18 m	Asphalt	No

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia · -28.1660, 153.5066

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Questions

Gold Coast Airport has the IATA code OOL and the ICAO code YBCG. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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