AirportsBeirut Rafic Hariri International Airport is a large airport serving Beirut, in Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BEY.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BEY
- ICAO code
- OLBA
- City
- Beirut
- State or region
- Mount Lebanon Governorate
- Country
- Lebanon
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 33.8198° N, 35.4874° E
- Elevation
- 27 m (87 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 3,800 m (12,467 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BEY means Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: OLBA. ICAO codes that begin with O belong to the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 33.8198° N, 35.4874° E. It stands 27 metres (87 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Beirut, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 3,800 metres (12,467 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,800 m 12,467 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 16/34 | 3,395 m 11,138 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 17/35 | 3,250 m 10,663 ft | 60 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Damascus International AirportDamascus, Syria | DAM | 105 km |
| Uri Michaeli Haifa International AirportHaifa, Israel | HFA | 120 km |
| Latakia International AirportLatakia, Syria | LTK | 181 km |
| Larnaca International AirportLarnaca, Cyprus | LCA | 207 km |
| Ben Gurion International AirportTel Aviv, Israel | TLV | 209 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 3,974 km | 5 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,037 km | 5 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 2,141 km | 3 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 3,482 km | 4 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 9,019 km | 11 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,003 km | 15 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 7,950 km | 10 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,005 km | 11 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,184 km | 17 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.
Links
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