Port Macquarie Airport (PQQ)

The $10 million terminal upgrade completed in December 2019 doubled the passenger floor area, expanded check-in, screening, baggage, and arrivals space, added a new cafe and car-rental zone, and upgraded HVAC and communications so the concourse feels contemporary while remaining scaled for the regional market. The council kept the terminal open, staged the works ahead of schedule, and brought in new security equipment, passenger-flow optimizations, and a 100 kW rooftop solar array by mid-2021. A 100 m covered walkway that will shelter passengers walking to apron bays 3 and 4 is the final phase of the landside upgrades and was designed to hold solar canopies, and it launched alongside the apron works in 2022/23 to smooth transfers across the expanded RPT apron. The 21-million-dollar airside infrastructure program strengthened and extended runway 03/21 to 1,800 m, widened it to 45 m, and enlarged the adjoining RPT apron so the airport can handle 180-seat B737/A320 aircraft, aligning with master plans that project another doubling of RPT traffic by 2045 while keeping the single-level terminal ready for incremental security screening and baggage reclaim expansion when needed.