AirportsWarraber Island Airport is a small airport serving Sue Islet, in Queensland, Australia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SYU.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SYU
- ICAO code
- YWBS
- City
- Sue Islet
- State or region
- Queensland
- Country
- Australia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 10.2083° S, 142.8250° E
- Elevation
- 1 m (3 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 720 m (2,362 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SYU means Warraber Island Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: YWBS. ICAO codes that begin with Y belong to Australia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 10.2083° S, 142.8250° E. It stands 1 metres (3 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Daru, about 133 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Pacific/Port Moresby, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Warraber Island Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 720 metres (2,362 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 156 airports of Australia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 150.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 720 m 2,362 ft | not listed | not listed | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Coconut Island Airport | CNC | 32 km |
| Yam Island AirportYam Island | XMY | 35 km |
| Kubin Island AirportKubin Island | KUG | 66 km |
| Badu Island AirportBadu Island | BDD | 72 km |
| Horn Island AirportHorn | HID | 72 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,262 km | 10 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 8,327 km | 10 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 10,237 km | 12 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 14,350 km | 17 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 15,082 km | 18 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,443 km | 14 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,485 km | 5 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,098 km | 6 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 2,773 km | 3 h 50 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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