AirportsBrindisi Airport is a large airport serving Brindisi, in Apulia, Italy. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BDS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BDS
- ICAO code
- LIBR
- City
- Brindisi
- State or region
- Apulia
- Country
- Italy
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 40.6576° N, 17.9470° E
- Elevation
- 14 m (47 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,048 m (10,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BDS means Brindisi Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LIBR. ICAO codes that begin with L belong to southern Europe, Israel and Turkey. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 40.6576° N, 17.9470° E. It stands 14 metres (47 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Taranto, about 63 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Rome, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Brindisi Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,048 metres (10,000 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 41 airports of Italy on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 7.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 3,048 m 10,000 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 05/23 | 1,796 m 5,892 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bari Karol Wojtyła International AirportBari | BRI | 113 km |
| Tirana International Airport Mother TeresaRinas, Albania | TIA | 171 km |
| Crotone Sant'Anna Pythagoras AirportIsola di Capo Rizzuto (KR) | CRV | 199 km |
| Corfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International AirportKerkyra (Corfu), Greece | CFU | 204 km |
| Tivat AirportTivat, Montenegro | TIV | 205 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,473 km | 7 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,706 km | 7 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,851 km | 5 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 1,852 km | 2 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 7,337 km | 9 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,592 km | 13 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 9,576 km | 12 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,668 km | 12 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,861 km | 19 h 35 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
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