AirportsSalt Cay Airport is a small airport serving Salt Cay, in Turks and Caicos Islands. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SLX.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SLX
- ICAO code
- MBSY
- City
- Salt Cay
- State or region
- Salt Cay
- Country
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 21.3330° N, 71.2000° W
- Elevation
- 1 m (3 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SLX means Salt Cay Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: MBSY. ICAO codes that begin with M belong to Mexico and Central America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 21.3330° N, 71.2000° W. It stands 1 metres (3 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Puerto Plata, about 179 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Grand Turk, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| JAGS McCartney International AirportCockburn Town | GDT | 14 km |
| South Caicos AirportSouth Caicos | XSC | 40 km |
| North Caicos AirportNorth Caicos | NCA | 101 km |
| Providenciales International AirportProvidenciales | PLS | 121 km |
| Gregorio Luperon International AirportPuerto Plata, Dominican Republic | POP | 187 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,508 km | 16 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 14,058 km | 17 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,264 km | 15 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,847 km | 8 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,161 km | 3 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 4,812 km | 6 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 17,439 km | 21 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 12,897 km | 16 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,646 km | 19 h 20 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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