AirportsMount Gambier Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Mount Gambier, in South Australia, Australia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is MGB.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MGB
- ICAO code
- YMTG
- City
- Mount Gambier
- State or region
- South Australia
- Country
- Australia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 37.7444° S, 140.7806° E
- Elevation
- not listed
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 1,644 m (5,394 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MGB means Mount Gambier Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: YMTG. ICAO codes that begin with Y belong to Australia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 37.7444° S, 140.7806° E.
Local time
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Time zone Australia/Adelaide, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Mount Gambier Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 1,644 metres (5,394 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 88.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 1,644 m 5,394 ft | not listed | Asphalt | not listed |
| 11/29 | 922 m 3,025 ft | not listed | Asphalt | not listed |
| 06/24 | 846 m 2,776 ft | not listed | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Portland Airport | PTJ | 88 km |
| Melbourne Avalon International AirportGeelong/Melbourne | AVV | 325 km |
| Bendigo Airport | BXG | 333 km |
| Melbourne AirportMelbourne | MEL | 357 km |
| King Island Airport | KNS | 358 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 9,910 km | 12 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,492 km | 11 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,316 km | 14 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 16,640 km | 20 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 17,039 km | 21 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 13,088 km | 16 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 5,758 km | 7 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,151 km | 10 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 1,027 km | 1 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.
Links
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