Cooma Snowy Mountains Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Cooma, in New South Wales, Australia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is OOM.
Key facts
- IATA code
- OOM
- ICAO code
- YCOM
- City
- Cooma
- State or region
- New South Wales
- Country
- Australia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 36.3004° S, 148.9724° E
- Elevation
- 941 m (3,088 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,120 m (6,955 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, OOM means Cooma Snowy Mountains Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: YCOM. ICAO codes that begin with Y belong to Australia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 36.3004° S, 148.9724° E. It stands 941 metres (3,088 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Canberra, about 114 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
Cooma Snowy Mountains Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,120 metres (6,955 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 34.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,120 m 6,955 ft | 30 m | Bitumen | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Merimbula AirportMerimbula | MIM | 107 km |
| Canberra AirportCanberra | CBR | 112 km |
| Moruya AirportMoruya | MYA | 114 km |
| Mount Hotham AirportMount Hotham | MHU | 168 km |
| Albury AirportEast Albury | ABX | 183 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 10,408 km | 13 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 10,076 km | 12 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,938 km | 14 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 17,075 km | 21 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 16,299 km | 20 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,361 km | 15 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,252 km | 8 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,046 km | 10 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 330 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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