AirportsBender Qassim International Airport is a large airport serving Bosaso, in Bari, Somalia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BSA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BSA
- ICAO code
- HCMF
- City
- Bosaso
- State or region
- Bari
- Country
- Somalia
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 11.2752° N, 49.1392° E
- Elevation
- 1 m (3 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 2,400 m (7,874 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BSA means Bender Qassim International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HCMF. ICAO codes that begin with H belong to east and north-east Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 11.2752° N, 49.1392° E. It stands 1 metres (3 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Mogadishu, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Bender Qassim International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 2,400 metres (7,874 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 7 airports of Somalia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 5.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,400 m 7,874 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | not listed |
| 01/19 | 1,082 m 3,550 ft | 35 m | not listed | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Garowe AirportGarowe | GGR | 319 km |
| Riyan International AirportMukalla(Riyan), Yemen | RIY | 377 km |
| Berbera AirportBerbera | BBO | 470 km |
| Aden International AirportAden, Yemen | ADE | 479 km |
| Seiyun Hadhramaut International AirportSeiyun, Yemen | GXF | 523 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 3,482 km | 4 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,687 km | 3 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 1,687 km | 2 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,306 km | 8 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,796 km | 14 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 14,818 km | 18 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,151 km | 7 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,340 km | 11 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,808 km | 14 h 45 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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