Gladstone Airport is owned and operated by Gladstone Regional Council and serves Gladstone, Queensland, Australia. It is the 27th busiest airport in Australia with over 240,000 passengers a year. In 2008 the airport was redeveloped which was completed in 2011. The airport gained the Regional Airport of the Year Award as the best airport on November 16th, 2011. The operating airlines on the airport are Virgin Australia (Brisbane) and QantasLink (Brisbane, Sidney, Cairns, Mackay, Rockhampton and Townsville).