AirportsLNG Badak Airport is a small airport serving Bontang-Borneo Island, in Kalimantan Timur (East Kalimantan), Indonesia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BXT.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BXT
- ICAO code
- WALC
- City
- Bontang-Borneo Island
- State or region
- Kalimantan Timur (East Kalimantan)
- Country
- Indonesia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 0.1217° N, 117.4766° E
- Elevation
- 15 m (49 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,021 m (3,350 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BXT means LNG Badak Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: WALC. ICAO codes that begin with W belong to Indonesia, Malaysia and nearby island countries. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 0.1217° N, 117.4766° E. It stands 15 metres (49 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Samarinda, about 77 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Makassar, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
LNG Badak Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,021 metres (3,350 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 111 airports of Indonesia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 99.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 1,021 m 3,350 ft | 23 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aji Pangeran Tumenggung Pranoto International AirportSamarinda | AAP | 61 km |
| Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan International AirportBalikpapan | BPN | 168 km |
| Kalimarau AirportTanjung Redeb - Borneo Island | BEJ | 225 km |
| Mutiara - SIS Al-Jufrie AirportPalu | PLW | 294 km |
| Tanjung Harapan AirportTanjung Selor-Borneo Island | TJS | 302 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,329 km | 6 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,300 km | 6 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 7,218 km | 9 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 11,883 km | 14 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 15,342 km | 19 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 13,082 km | 16 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 1,505 km | 2 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,566 km | 6 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 5,165 km | 6 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.
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