AirportsHervey Bay Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Hervey Bay, in Queensland, Australia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HVB.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HVB
- ICAO code
- YHBA
- City
- Hervey Bay
- State or region
- Queensland
- Country
- Australia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 25.3201° S, 152.8807° E
- Elevation
- 18 m (60 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,000 m (6,561 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HVB means Hervey Bay Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: YHBA. ICAO codes that begin with Y belong to Australia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 25.3201° S, 152.8807° E. It stands 18 metres (60 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Sunshine Coast, about 150 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Australia/Brisbane, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Hervey Bay Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,000 metres (6,561 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 156 airports of Australia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 43.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 2,000 m 6,561 ft | 30 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bundaberg AirportBundaberg | BDB | 73 km |
| Sunshine Coast AirportMaroochydore | MCY | 143 km |
| Brisbane International AirportBrisbane | BNE | 231 km |
| Gladstone AirportGladstone | GLT | 232 km |
| Thangool AirportBiloela | THG | 250 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 10,068 km | 12 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,955 km | 12 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,877 km | 14 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 16,335 km | 20 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 15,404 km | 19 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,433 km | 14 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,033 km | 7 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,907 km | 8 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 973 km | 1 h 40 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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