AirportsBurketown Airport is a small airport in Queensland, Australia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BUC.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BUC
- ICAO code
- YBKT
- City
- not listed
- State or region
- Queensland
- Country
- Australia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 17.7486° S, 139.5340° E
- Elevation
- 6 m (21 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 1,372 m (4,501 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BUC means Burketown Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: YBKT. ICAO codes that begin with Y belong to Australia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 17.7486° S, 139.5340° E. It stands 6 metres (21 feet) above sea level.
Runways
Burketown Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 1,372 metres (4,501 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 156 airports of Australia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 134.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 1,372 m 4,501 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 14/32 | 757 m 2,484 ft | 30 m | Clay | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Doomadgee Airport | DMD | 78 km |
| Mornington Island Airport | ONG | 127 km |
| Karumba Airport | KRB | 141 km |
| Normanton AirportNormanton | NTN | 163 km |
| Mount Isa AirportMount Isa | ISA | 324 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,455 km | 10 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 8,353 km | 10 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 10,278 km | 12 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 14,885 km | 18 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 15,942 km | 19 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,186 km | 15 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,433 km | 5 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,927 km | 7 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 2,141 km | 3 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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