Rose Bay Water Airport
Rose Bay Water Airport | |
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![]() Two Qantas Empire Airways flying boats at Rose Bay | |
Summary | |
Airport type | Public |
Serves | Sydney |
Location | Rose Bay, NSW, Australia |
Opened | 4 August 1938 |
Time zone | AEST (+10:00) |
• Summer (DST) | AEDT (+11:00) |
Coordinates | 33°52′14″S 151°15′19″E / 33.87056°S 151.25528°E |
Rose Bay Water Airport (IATA: RSE) is a water airport located in the Sydney suburb of Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia. It is 8 kilometres (5 miles) from Sydney's central business district and is one of two water airports in Sydney, the other being Palm Beach Water Airport.
History
On 4 August 1938, Rose Bay Water Airport was officially opened.[1] However, it already had been established as a flying boat base on a 'temporary basis', and was the starting point for the London-Sydney flights that were operated by Qantas Empire Airways and Imperial Airways in a codeshare agreement.[2] This made it Australia's first international airport. In 1942, due to the outbreak of World War II, commercial flights were suspended.[1] Due to the arrival of passenger jetliners in the 1950s, a gradual demise in flying boats began. In 1955, Qantas discontinued its flying boat service and sold its fleet of flying boats to Ansett Airways.[1] Ansett continued to operate flying boat services from Rose Bay Water Airport to Lord Howe Island until that was discontinued in 1974,[1] after the island's land airport was opened.
Facilities
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Sydney Seaplanes has a single small terminal to serve customers, which is managed and maintained by Sydney Aviation, the owner of Sydney Seaplanes.[3] Sydney by Seaplane and Seawing Airways are based in another building at Rose Bay.[4][5]
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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Sydney Seaplanes | Charter: Bowral, Canberra, Hunter Valley, Lake Jindabyne, Lake Macquarie, Newcastle, Palm Beach, Port Stephens, Sydney-Mascot, Wollongong[6] |
Sydney by Seaplane and Seawing Airways, which are both trading names of Krug Agencies Pty Ltd,[7] operate return sight-seeing flights to Palm beach[8][9] and elsewhere.[10][11] Sydney Seaplanes operates a series of tour packages as well as scenic flights.[12]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Rose Bay Airport". dictionaryofsydney.org. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "Lost Sydney: Rose Bay International Airport". www.visitsydneyaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ NSW, Roads and Maritime Services. "Rose Bay Seaplane Facility upgrade". Roads and Maritime Services. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "Contact Us - Sydney By Seaplane". sydneybyseaplane.com. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "Sydney By Seaplane - Contact Us". seawing-airways.com.au. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "Sydney Seaplanes - Charter-Flights". www.seaplanes.com.au. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "Sydney Seaplane - About Us". seawing-airways.com.au. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ "Palm Beach Sydney Seaplane day trips". seawing-airways.com.au. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ "Palm Beach Picnics from Sydney By Seaplane". sydneybyseaplane.com. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Sydney seaplanes at Palm Beach services all surrounding areas". seawing-airways.com.au. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ "Sydney By Seaplanes flies to Palm Beach and surrounding areas". sydneybyseaplane.com. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Our Flights | Sydney Seaplanes". www.seaplanes.com.au. Retrieved 7 June 2017.