AirportsWagga Wagga Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Forest Hill, in New South Wales, Australia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is WGA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- WGA
- ICAO code
- YSWG
- City
- Forest Hill
- State or region
- New South Wales
- Country
- Australia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 35.1635° S, 147.4683° E
- Elevation
- 221 m (724 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 1,770 m (5,807 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, WGA means Wagga Wagga Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: YSWG. ICAO codes that begin with Y belong to Australia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 35.1635° S, 147.4683° E. It stands 221 metres (724 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Canberra, about 151 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Australia/Melbourne, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Wagga Wagga Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 1,770 metres (5,807 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 156 airports of Australia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 63.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 1,770 m 5,807 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 12/30 | 851 m 2,792 ft | 18 m | Clay | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Narrandera AirportNarrandera | NRA | 101 km |
| Albury AirportEast Albury | ABX | 110 km |
| Canberra AirportCanberra | CBR | 158 km |
| Griffith AirportGriffith | GFF | 163 km |
| Cooma Snowy Mountains AirportCooma | OOM | 186 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 10,225 km | 12 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,900 km | 12 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,767 km | 14 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 16,889 km | 20 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 16,379 km | 20 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,425 km | 15 h 30 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,069 km | 7 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,903 km | 10 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 366 km | 55 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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