AirportsIl Caravaggio International Airport is a large airport serving Orio al Serio (BG), in Lombardy, Italy. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BGY.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BGY
- ICAO code
- LIME
- City
- Orio al Serio (BG)
- State or region
- Lombardy
- Country
- Italy
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 45.6694° N, 9.7089° E
- Elevation
- 238 m (782 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 2,874 m (9,429 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BGY means Il Caravaggio International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LIME. 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 45.6694° N, 9.7089° E. It stands 238 metres (782 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Milan, about 46 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
Il Caravaggio International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 2,874 metres (9,429 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 17.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 2,874 m 9,429 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 12/30 | 714 m 2,343 ft | 18 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Milano Linate AirportSegrate (MI) | LIN | 42 km |
| Brescia Gabriele d'Annunzio AirportMontichiari (BS) | VBS | 55 km |
| Lugano AirportAgno, Switzerland | LUG | 72 km |
| Milan Malpensa International AirportFerno (VA) | MXP | 76 km |
| Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportCaselle (VR) | VRN | 97 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,082 km | 7 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,433 km | 8 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,635 km | 6 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 986 km | 1 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,479 km | 8 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,743 km | 12 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,233 km | 12 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,690 km | 12 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,516 km | 20 h 25 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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