• The humble beginnings of Cairns Airport extend back to 1928 when a Mr Tom McDonald operated a Gipsy Moth aircraft from a sand strip in the location of the current airport.
• Cairns Airport Meteorological Office was first established in 1941 during the Second World War as a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Meteorological Office and was home to many Australian and American war planes during the hostilities.
• The original Bureau building was a small low set wooden structure located just beside the tarmac parking area and housed RAAF Meteorological Officers and Radio Operators who were later reclassified as Flight Service Operators.