AirportsOlbia Costa Smeralda Airport is a large airport serving Olbia (SS), in Sardinia, Italy. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is OLB.
Key facts
- IATA code
- OLB
- ICAO code
- LIEO
- City
- Olbia (SS)
- State or region
- Sardinia
- Country
- Italy
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 40.8990° N, 9.5185° E
- Elevation
- 11 m (37 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,745 m (9,006 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, OLB means Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LIEO. ICAO codes that begin with L belong to southern Europe, Israel and Turkey. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 40.8990° N, 9.5185° E. It stands 11 metres (37 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Cagliari, about 189 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Rome, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,745 metres (9,006 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 41 airports of Italy on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 20.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 2,745 m 9,006 ft | 45 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Figari Sud-Corse AirportFigari, France | FSC | 76 km |
| Alghero-Fertilia AirportAlghero | AHO | 108 km |
| Ajaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airportAjaccio, France | AJA | 129 km |
| Bastia-Poretta International airportBastia, France | BIA | 184 km |
| Cagliari Elmas AirportCagliari | CAG | 187 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,173 km | 7 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,415 km | 8 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,552 km | 6 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 1,401 km | 2 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,720 km | 8 h 35 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,134 km | 12 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,285 km | 12 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,115 km | 12 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,571 km | 20 h 30 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.
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