Gold Coast Airport, (formerly known as
Coolangatta Airport), is an Australian domestic and international airport located at the southern end of the
Gold Coast, approximately south of
Brisbane and south of
Surfers Paradise. The entrance to the airport is situated in the suburb of
Bilinga on the Gold Coast. The runway itself straddles five suburbs of twin cities across the state border of
Queensland and
New South Wales. During summer these states are in two different time zones. The Gold Coast Airport operates on Queensland Time all year round.