Perth International Airport: The gateway to Western Australia

摘要

The city of Perth lies on the west coast of Australia. If you travel directly westwards for 5,800 miles (9,334km), the first landfall is the South African coast, south of Durban. Head north-westwards and you come to Indonesia - which is actually nearer than the Australian national capital of Canberra. This gives an idea of just how remote Perth, the gateway to Western Australia, really is. This largest state in Australia has a land area of 1,021,478 sq miles (2,529,875km~2) - that's five times larger than Texas in the USA. Run by the Westralia Airport Corporation (WAC), Perth International Airport is steadily expanding, and handles almost 10 million passengers a year.