Airports
Australian Airport Opens New Second Runway
After more than two decades of planning and construction, Australia's Brisbane Airport debuted its new 10,800 foot runway.
With planning for its new runway dating back decades, Brisbane Airport's new 10,826-foot landing strip, will double the Queensland facility's aircraft handling capacity and enhance its status as a world gateway, when international travel resumes post-Covid.
With planning for its new runway dating back decades, Brisbane Airport's new 10,826-foot landing strip, will double the Queensland facility's aircraft handling capacity and enhance its status as a world gateway, when international travel resumes post-Covid.

Australia’s Brisbane Airport (BNE), the main gateway to the country’s Queensland region, has inaugurated its second runway. Possessing the first 100 percent LED “Cat 1” lighting system in the Southern Hemisphere, the 10,826-foot long privately-funded runway project was completed at a cost of $764,170,000 (AUD$1.1 billion), nearly as much as the cost of the entire airport when it was purchased by the Brisbane Airport Corp. (BAC) in 1997.