AirportsMurray Island Airport is a small airport serving Murray Island, in Queensland, Australia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is MYI.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MYI
- ICAO code
- YMAE
- City
- Murray Island
- State or region
- Queensland
- Country
- Australia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 9.9151° S, 144.0546° E
- Elevation
- 91 m (300 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 525 m (1,722 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MYI means Murray Island Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: YMAE. ICAO codes that begin with Y belong to Australia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 9.9151° S, 144.0546° E. It stands 91 metres (300 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Daru, about 131 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Pacific/Port Moresby, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Murray Island Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 525 metres (1,722 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 156 airports of Australia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 154.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 525 m 1,722 ft | not listed | not listed | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Darnley Island AirportDarnley Island | NLF | 48 km |
| Yorke Island AirportYorke Island | OKR | 73 km |
| Coconut Island Airport | CNC | 109 km |
| Daru AirportDaru, Papua New Guinea | DAU | 131 km |
| Warraber Island AirportSue Islet | SYU | 139 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,356 km | 10 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 8,438 km | 10 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 10,345 km | 13 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 14,385 km | 17 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,970 km | 18 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,312 km | 14 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,608 km | 6 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,075 km | 6 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 2,769 km | 3 h 50 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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