AirportsOrlando Sanford International Airport is a large airport serving Orlando, in Florida, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SFB.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SFB
- ICAO code
- KSFB
- City
- Orlando
- State or region
- Florida
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 28.7743° N, 81.2346° W
- Elevation
- 17 m (55 ft)
- Runways
- 4
- Longest runway
- 3,353 m (11,002 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SFB means Orlando Sanford International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KSFB. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 28.7743° N, 81.2346° W. It stands 17 metres (55 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/New York, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Orlando Sanford International Airport has 4 runways in the data. The longest is 3,353 metres (11,002 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 55.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09L/27R | 3,353 m 11,002 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 18/36 | 1,829 m 6,002 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
| 09R/27L | 1,780 m 5,839 ft | 23 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 09C/27C | 1,091 m 3,578 ft | 23 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orlando International AirportOrlando | MCO | 39 km |
| Daytona Beach International AirportDaytona Beach | DAB | 48 km |
| Melbourne Orlando International AirportMelbourne | MLB | 95 km |
| Lakeland Linder International AirportLakeland | LAL | 116 km |
| Northeast Florida Regional AirportSt Augustine | UST | 132 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,236 km | 16 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 14,010 km | 17 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,427 km | 15 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,933 km | 8 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 1,484 km | 2 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,557 km | 4 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 16,619 km | 20 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,671 km | 14 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,059 km | 18 h 40 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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