AirportsSilva Bay Seaplane Base is a seaplane base serving Gabriola Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SYF.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SYF
- ICAO code
- not listed
- City
- Gabriola Island
- State or region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Seaplane base
- Coordinates
- 49.1510° N, 123.6980° W
- Elevation
- not listed
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SYF means Silva Bay Seaplane Base. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 49.1510° N, 123.6980° W. The nearest large city in our data is Vancouver, about 43 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Vancouver, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nanaimo AirportNanaimo | YCD | 16 km |
| Nanaimo Harbour Water AerodromeNanaimo | ZNA | 17 km |
| Telegraph Harbour Seaplane BaseThetis Island | YBQ | 20 km |
| Ganges Seaplane BaseSalt Spring Island | YGG | 36 km |
| Montague Harbour Seaplane BaseGaliano Island | YMF | 36 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,131 km | 13 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,252 km | 15 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,742 km | 14 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,604 km | 9 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,968 km | 5 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,746 km | 2 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,785 km | 15 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,528 km | 9 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,465 km | 15 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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