# Hobart International Airport (HBA)

> Hobart (Cambridge), AU · IATA: HBA · ICAO: YMHB · Medium Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `HBA` |
| ICAO | `YMHB` |
| City | Hobart (Cambridge) |
| Country | AU |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 4 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | -42.83710, 147.51295 |

## Description

Hobart (HBA/YMHB) earns its place in air freight for a few weeks a year rather than twelve months: during the Tasmanian cherry and seafood season Cathay Cargo operates Boeing 777 freighter services from Hobart via Melbourne to Hong Kong, putting salmon, abalone and cherries into Asian markets within hours of packing. Outside those windows cargo moves as belly load on domestic flights to Melbourne and Sydney for onward long-haul connection. Menzies Aviation provides ground handling and Link Logistics runs the cargo terminal, with Swissport also present and Virgin Australia operating its own freight acceptance point. A runway extension completed in 2017 took the strip to roughly 2,250 metres, allowing widebody operations and confirming Hobart as the departure point for Australia's Antarctic flights to Wilkins Aerodrome. The airport sits at Cambridge about 17 km east of the city; growers in the Derwent Valley and on the east coast truck in, while consignments from northern Tasmania also arrive via the Devonport ferry. Year-round main-deck capacity is bought through Melbourne (MEL) or Sydney (SYD).

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