Talk:Hobart Airport

Images
I've taken these pictures which somebody might be able to incorporate into the article. Image:Hobart Airport 2.JPG Image:Hobart Airport 4.JPG

-- Adz|talk 13:25, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * good work, this site has needed a pic of this quality for some time. I added one of the pics you submitted. Wiki ian 11:21, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

I have taken some pictures of aircraft at Hobart. I have uploaded one of a QF73H at the terminal. Image:QF73H HBA.JPG

R773 10:23, 10 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Can anyone provide a picture of the airport from Tower Hill to provide a good view of the terminals and runway? Wiki ian 08:11, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

I have uploaded two pictures I took at the airport just over a year ago if anyone wants to use them. Image:DJ and JQ HBA.JPG and Image:QF763 HBA.JPG. R773 (talk) 03:39, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

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Inaccuracies

 * The top text mentioned that Singapore Airways used 777 equipment into HBA, theres no chance it was a 777 it would not take off fully laden. It was a 757 charter aircraft. 220.253.104.162 22:05, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
 * On the exception of the Airbus A380 any passenger plane in the world currently operating can land and take-off at Hobart airport, this is confirmed on their website. Also The Boeing 767 (which is comparable to the Boeing 777 in size) has landed and taken off fully laden many times from Hobart airport. Also if you look up Singapore Airlines you'll see they have no Boeing 757 planes in service. Wiki ian 05:48, 28 November 2007 (UTC)


 * The 757 aircraft was chatered for the flight and was not a SIA fleet jet. The 767 is not comparable to a 777 as the later is far heavier - the MTOW for a 767 is 142,800kgs and a 777 is 247,100kgs.  A 777-200 could land at HBA but they have never tried to -  any other varienat could not as their take-off run at MTOW is too far, the reference to that on the page is a blatant misstatement - please report times, airlines, and dates of 777 take-offs and landings at HBA and I will beleive you.  An aircraft of that size would be newsworthy in Hobart but I have never heard of it occuring, either has Australian Aviation magazine .  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.178.238.12 (talk) 01:21, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

A Singapore Airlines 777-200 and indeed a Qantas 747-400 have both landed at Hobart and there are pictures of them at the airport at http://hiapl.com.au/gallery.php. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.201.218 (talk) 03:11, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Well said, if you check the Airport's Homepage and look at their masterplans, under the runway section you'll see both 747 and 777 aircraft have landed and taken off from the airport under weight restrictions. Wiki ian 02:53, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Passenger stats
Does anyone have the current passenger figures as the 1.6 million was a couple of years ago.  Aaroncrick (Tassie talk) 00:01, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

B-class review for WikiProject Aviation
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 * b1 Referencing & citations - no/needs attention (after corrections, became yes)
 * Some of the references (including all of the ones from the Mercury) have become dead links: "Hobart Airport $100m sale near", "PDF file 2004 Master Plan", "Hobart Airport sale reaps $350m" (Mercury), "$8m motel plan for Hobart Airport site", "PDF file Development Plan", "Ministerial Conditions of Approval", "Huge DFO trading by next year", "Airport Set For Boom Travel". If possible a new URL should be found for each of them.  If there is no updated URL available any more for any given one, don't remove the reference but just mark it as a "dead link" in the reference.
 * The reference "Hobart Airport sale reaps $350m" (IAG) does not match the title of the page it links to, but does support the text where it is cited. It looks like a cut & paste which was not completely updated.
 * other references checked OK
 * b2 Coverage & accuracy - yes
 * follows guidelines in WP:AIRPORT-CONTENT
 * b3 Structure - yes
 * follows guidelines in WP:AIRPORT-CONTENT
 * b4 Grammar & style - no/needs attention (after corrections, became yes)
 * The "Hotel" section reads like an advertisement with too many adjectives. Things like "spacious", "contemporary", and too many details about the rooms can be removed.  Also, the fact that there is a service station is too much detail for the encyclopedic-level view.
 * b5 Supporting materials - yes
 * good use of pictures
 * accessibility - yes, but minor issues could use attention:
 * There is inconsistent use of unit conversions in the article. Generally km are converted to miles. But hectares and square meters are not converted English units.
 * The Skytraders destination Casey Station should have a parenthesized "(Antarctica)" since assuming it's in Australia would be incorrect. And it should become a wiki link.
 * comments
 * The "Landing patterns and approach" section probably should be removed. Airport articles generally do not have information about air traffic control procedures because it is something passengers never see. And pilots know where to look it up without Wikipedia.  With that deleted, the content of the "Runway" subsection would become the "Operations" section without a subheading.
 * The reference "Melbourne Centre" does not need the note that it's "in en-au". This entire article is expected to be in Australian English since it's about a place in Australia, as per WP:ENGVAR. But this point is moot since the previous suggestion will remove that text and reference.
 * The "Access" section should focus more on the types of ground transportation available rather than driving directions from the CBD. Local residents probably already know where the airport is.  So those unfamiliar would be coming from the airport initially - and rental car companies probably would have already offered them a map if they don't have a GPS.

Overall this is an excellent effort. I don't think it will take long to fix. Once the issues are fixed, we can re-visit the B-class review. Ikluft (talk) 07:02, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
 * all of the above has been fixed. If this is now suitable for B class status, please leave feedback on how I can get it to GA class, if not please leave feedback on how I can get it to B Class. Cheers Wiki ian 10:49, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, I looked through the text and references. I agree that the Class B criteria have been met.  I'll edit the assessment to reflect it. Ikluft (talk) 08:32, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

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1998 or 1988?
There are conflicting statements on this page. In the lede it says the airport was privatised in 1988, while the Privitisation section states it occurred in June 1998. Which one is it? 1.136.106.101 (talk) 00:40, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 27 August 2019

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The result of the move request was: page moved per concensus below. (closed by non-admin page mover) PC78 (talk) 17:34, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Hobart International Airport → Hobart Airport – WP:COMMONNAME, the airport does not have international in its title CHCBOY (talk) 23:24, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
 * This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:48, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * queried move request Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:50, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
 * The bottom of the airport's webpage says "© 2018 Hobart International Airport", and the ABC article here calls it both Hobart International Airport and HIA. Did it change its name recently? --Ahecht ([[User talk:Ahecht|TALK
 * Let's not be selective, "© 2018 Hobart International Airport. Pty. Ltd. ABN" ...., which is the company/group that operates "Hobart Airport". The site itself has "Hobart Airport" branding everywhere. SMH uses Hobart Airport in a recent article and Airservices Australia uses "Hobart Airport". Bidgee (talk) 03:49, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Not that I know of as far as I remember it's been Without International in the title for a long time.CHCBOY (talk) 16:00, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Support - a GNews search for "Hobart Airport" returns 261 results, whilst the same search for "Hobart International Airport" returns 173 results (remembering that Google's estimate of the number of results is usually ludicrously wrong and you have to page through to the last page of the results to see what the actual count was). The same search on GScholar returns 446 results for "Hobart airport", whilst "Hobart International Airport" returns 59 results. "Hobart Airport" is clearly the WP:COMMONNAME. The only other airport in Hobart is clearly disambig'ed as Cambridge Aerodrome so I can't see any problems with ambiguity. FOARP (talk) 07:38, 29 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Support per my comment above re-name. Bidgee (talk) 03:49, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

I might refer this on as has been 9 days and no further comments and none against the proposal. Do we have a consensus?CHCBOY (talk) 02:13, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
 * The closer must be uninvolved, so no-one who has proposed/voted on this can close it. FOARP (talk) 08:19, 4 September 2019 (UTC)


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