AirportsBesalampy Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Besalampy, in Mahajanga, Madagascar. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BPY.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BPY
- ICAO code
- FMNQ
- City
- Besalampy
- State or region
- Mahajanga
- Country
- Madagascar
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 16.7445° S, 44.4825° E
- Elevation
- 38 m (125 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,233 m (4,046 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BPY means Besalampy Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: FMNQ. ICAO codes that begin with F belong to central and southern Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 16.7445° S, 44.4825° E. It stands 38 metres (125 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Soalala, about 114 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Indian/Antananarivo, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Besalampy Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,233 metres (4,046 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 13 airports of Madagascar on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 12.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 1,233 m 4,046 ft | 20 m | Bitumen | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tambohorano AirportTambohorano | WTA | 98 km |
| Soalala AirportSoalala | DWB | 118 km |
| Amborovy AirportMahajanga | MJN | 233 km |
| Tsaratanana AirportTsaratanana | TTS | 334 km |
| Ivato International AirportAntananarivo | TNR | 391 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,137 km | 7 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,050 km | 6 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,816 km | 6 h 20 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,745 km | 11 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 13,579 km | 16 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 17,452 km | 21 h 30 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,826 km | 8 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,549 km | 14 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 10,437 km | 13 h 05 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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