AirportsFriday Harbor Seaplane Base is a seaplane base serving Friday Harbor, in Washington, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is FBS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- FBS
- ICAO code
- W33
- City
- Friday Harbor
- State or region
- Washington
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Seaplane base
- Coordinates
- 48.5373° N, 123.0100° W
- Elevation
- not listed
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,048 m (10,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, FBS means Friday Harbor Seaplane Base. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: W33. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 48.5373° N, 123.0100° W. The nearest large city in our data is Surrey, about 65 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Vancouver, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Friday Harbor Seaplane Base has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,048 metres (10,000 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 105.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,048 m 10,000 ft | 610 m | Water | not listed |
| 12/30 | 1,829 m 6,000 ft | 305 m | Water | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Friday Harbor AirportFriday Harbor | FRD | 2 km |
| Lopez Island AirportLopez | LPS | 8 km |
| Deer Harbor SPBDeer Harbor | DHB | 9 km |
| Westsound/WSX Seaplane BaseWest Sound | WSX | 10 km |
| Roche Harbor AirportRoche Harbor | RCE | 13 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,212 km | 14 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,332 km | 15 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,809 km | 14 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,632 km | 9 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,925 km | 5 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,667 km | 2 h 30 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,866 km | 16 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,606 km | 9 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,480 km | 15 h 30 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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