AirportsStrasbourg Airport is a large airport serving Strasbourg, in Grand Est, France. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SXB.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SXB
- ICAO code
- LFST
- City
- Strasbourg
- State or region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 48.5383° N, 7.6282° E
- Elevation
- 154 m (505 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,400 m (7,874 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SXB means Strasbourg Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LFST. 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 48.5383° N, 7.6282° E. It stands 154 metres (505 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Paris, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Strasbourg Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,400 metres (7,874 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 49 airports of France on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 28.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 2,400 m 7,874 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Karlsruhe Baden-Baden AirportRheinmünster, Germany | FKB | 43 km |
| Saarbrücken AirportSaarbrücken, Germany | SCN | 84 km |
| EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgBâle / Mulhouse | BSL | 105 km |
| Metz-Nancy-Lorraine AirportGoin | ETZ | 112 km |
| Stuttgart AirportStuttgart, Germany | STR | 118 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,204 km | 8 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,619 km | 8 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,865 km | 6 h 20 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 663 km | 1 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,196 km | 8 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,400 km | 11 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,363 km | 13 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,535 km | 12 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,607 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.
Links
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