Labasa Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Labasa, in Northern Division, Fiji. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is LBS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- LBS
- ICAO code
- NFNL
- City
- Labasa
- State or region
- Northern Division
- Country
- Fiji
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 16.4667° S, 179.3400° E
- Elevation
- 13 m (44 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,069 m (3,507 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, LBS means Labasa Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: NFNL. ICAO codes that begin with N belong to the South Pacific. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 16.4667° S, 179.3400° E. It stands 13 metres (44 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Pacific/Fiji, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Labasa Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,069 metres (3,507 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 7 airports of Fiji on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 4.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 1,069 m 3,507 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Savusavu AirportSavusavu | SVU | 37 km |
| Matei AirportMatei | TVU | 87 km |
| Koro Island AirportKoro Island | KXF | 98 km |
| Levuka AirfieldBureta | LEV | 152 km |
| Ngau AirportNgau | NGI | 183 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,043 km | 15 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,283 km | 15 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,152 km | 17 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 16,123 km | 19 h 55 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,601 km | 15 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,646 km | 10 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 8,491 km | 10 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,128 km | 9 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 3,416 km | 4 h 35 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
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.