Lord Howe airport was built by the Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1974. It allowed Ansett to retire its two ageing Short Sandringham flying boats. It was not possible to make a runway long enough for the widely used Fokker F27s and GA aircraft, such as the Super King Airs, and DH Herons took over the route. More recently the Dash 8 has been the mainstay of services from and to Sydney. This photo is looking along r/w 10.

VH-IBE gets airborne at Lord Howe.

Taken from a Super King Air on finals to runway 28. Rwy 10/28 has been extended since this picture to accommodate Dash 8s. The airport was built by the Australian Army in 1974. Until then the island depended on two Shorts flying boats (VH-BRC and BRF) that operated to Sydney off the lagoon at the far end of Runway 28. Tides and weather made the service unreliable, as did the age of the aircraft.