Gold Coast Airport and Queensland’s local Government have called for a fast track on the implementation of an Instrument Landing System (ILS) at the airport to allow safe aircraft landing during rough weather.

After aborting dozens of landings earlier this week after experiencing strong storms in the region, Queensland Liberal MP Karen Andrews told the federal government this week the device needed to be installed to safely guide pilots along the runway when visibility is low, Herald Sun reported.

She explained that as the sixth busiest Australian airport’s passenger movements increase the region would need to be equipped with “first class, world class facilities”.

"There is obviously a safety concern here, as well as a risk to aircraft,'' she said.

"And the financial burden on operators of aborted landings, go-arounds, holding patterns and diversions to other airports such as Brisbane.'

"I call on the government to fast track this project as a priority.”

Meanwhile, yesterday a Virgin Australia flight preparing to take-off from Gold Coast Airport to Sydney was forced to evacuate passengers after receiving a bomb scare.

The aircraft was swept by the Australian Federal Police for signs on a bomb shortly after two in the afternoon, couriermail reported.

A Virgin Australia spokesperson confirmed to media that the evacuation was a precaution.