Pre-airside Beach or Lounge Access?

[Catweazle]

Flying through OOL (Gold Coast) this afternoon, it occurred to me that this is one airport at which I give no toss about lounge access and other such airside facilities. Half hour ago I was walking along the beach (and getting sunburnt) but now here I am waiting to board the aircraft. Sure beats BNE, MEL and SYD to boot. What luxury! What joy! What pure indulgence! What a life! Give me pre-airside beachside access over a lounge any day!

Of course, now I'm ready for an ice cold beer after all that sunburn...

What other airports have easy, convenient walkable access to the beach? BRR (and BRW) come to mind, perhaps even NAN or St Maarten.

 

[serfty]

Not sure about other airports - I once walked for OOL to Tweed Heads as I had little better to do, but took a cab back and hit the lounge for another hour or so.

 

[Happy Dude]

BNE is quite close to Nudgee Beach.

 

[Captain Halliday]

HTI.
MKY if you like mudflats.

 

[eric2011]

MCY

 

[TonyD]

BNE is quite close to Nudgee Beach.

Not walking distance and its more like Nudgee Mud flats than beach

 

[Forg]

Is there an extra cost at OOL to not be infected with sand?

 

[RooFlyer]

HBA ( Hobart) is 5 minutes from Seven Mile Beach to the terminal entrance by car.

 

[serfty]

HTI.
MKY if you like mudflats.

 

[serfty]

Mudflats and Beach - watch those tides ...

 

[Forg]

You could always swim in the Cook’s River while in SYD; if you grew an extra arm, it could be very utilitarian!

 

[amaroo]

PLJ ... and just about all the others in Belize.

 

[dajop]

Good question. HKT and DPS are both close to beaches. Elsewhere SAN (San Diego) has a beach, of sorts, just across the road and in Europe I could think of Nice and Tivat (Montenegro) Airports.

 

[Catweazle]

HBA ( Hobart) is 5 minutes from Seven Mile Beach to the terminal entrance by car.

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...Or a 2 minute walk depending on which end of the runway one is at, hah!

 

[RooFlyer]

...Or a 2 minute walk depending on which end of the runway one is at, hah!

Unfortunately they don't like letting people off and on at that end

 

[AIRwin]

Unfortunately they don't like letting people off and on at that end

Unless it's an emergency evacuation in which case the beach will be the last thing on people's minds...

 

[jase05]

MPH