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 |
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Rose Bay Water Airport (IATA: RSE) is an Australian water airport located in the Sydney suburb of Rose Bay, New South Wales. The airport is 8 kilometres (5 miles) from Sydney's central business district. It is one of two water airports serving Sydney, with the other one being Palm Beach Water Airport. The only carriers servicing the water aerodrome are Sydney Seaplanes,[1] Sydney by Seaplane[2] and Seawing Airways,[3] all of which are based at Rose Bay.
History
On 4 August 1938, Rose Bay Water Airport was officially opened.[4] 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.[5] This made it Australia's first international airport. In 1942, due to the outbreak of WWII, commercial flights were suspended.[4] Due to the arrival of passenger jetliners in the 1950s, a gradual demise in flying boats begun. In 1955, Qantas discontinued its flying boat service and sold its fleet of flying boats to Ansett Airways.[4] Ansett continued to operate flying boat services from Rose Bay Water Airport to Lord Howe island and Norfolk Island until that was discontinued in 1974.[4]
Facilities
Sydney Seaplanes has a single small terminal to serve customers, which is managed and maintained by Sydney Aviation, the owner of Sydney Seaplanes.[6] Sydney by Seaplane and Seawing Airways are based in another building along Rose Bay.[7][8]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Sydney Seaplanes | Charter: Bowral, Canberra, Hunter Valley, Lake Jindabyne, Lake Macquarie, Newcastle, Palm Beach, Port Stephens, Sydney-Mascot, Wollongong[9] |
Additionally, Sydney by Seaplane and Seawing Airways, which are both trading names of Krug Agencies Pty Ltd,[10] operate return flights to Palm beach[3][11] and various other venues.[12][13] However, these trips are designed with sight-seeing in mind, and are not intended to serve other purposes. In addition, Sydney Seaplanes operates a series of tour packages as well as scenic flights.[14]
See also
References
- ^ "Sydney Seaplanes - Contact Us". www.seaplanes.com.au. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "Rose Bay Lunch Flights - Sydney by Seaplane". sydneybyseaplane.com. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Palm Beach Sydney Seaplane day trips". seawing-airways.com.au. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ 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.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "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 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.