AirportsMerimbula Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Merimbula, in New South Wales, Australia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is MIM.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MIM
- ICAO code
- YMER
- City
- Merimbula
- State or region
- New South Wales
- Country
- Australia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 36.9086° S, 149.9010° E
- Elevation
- 2 m (7 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,602 m (5,256 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MIM means Merimbula Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: YMER. ICAO codes that begin with Y belong to Australia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 36.9086° S, 149.9010° E. It stands 2 metres (7 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Canberra, about 194 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Australia/Sydney, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Merimbula Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,602 metres (5,256 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 95.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 1,602 m 5,256 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cooma Snowy Mountains AirportCooma | OOM | 107 km |
| Moruya AirportMoruya | MYA | 114 km |
| Canberra AirportCanberra | CBR | 189 km |
| Mount Hotham AirportMount Hotham | MHU | 229 km |
| Albury AirportEast Albury | ABX | 279 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 10,514 km | 13 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 10,179 km | 12 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,038 km | 15 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 17,181 km | 21 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 16,245 km | 20 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,319 km | 15 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,358 km | 8 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,124 km | 10 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 349 km | 55 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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