Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport

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The Cocos ( Keeling ) Islands Airport, also Cocos Islands Aerodrome or German Cocos Island Airport, is an airport located on the belonging to Australia Cocos Islands.

The airport is located on the westernmost and largest island of the archipelago, the west Iceland. He is the only airport and the main port of the island group. Currently, Virgin Australia connects the airport with the Christmas Island and Perth.

It was established in March-May 1945 by the Allies as a military runway and 1946 closed after the end of the war. In 1952 he was re-opened for civilian air traffic. Qantas made ​​at the time a stopover for refueling on its flights from Australia to South Africa to Europe.