AirportsWestern Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport is a large airport serving Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is WSI.
Key facts
- IATA code
- WSI
- ICAO code
- YSWS
- City
- Sydney
- State or region
- New South Wales
- Country
- Australia
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 33.8835° S, 150.7130° E
- Elevation
- 80 m (262 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,700 m (12,139 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, WSI means Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: YSWS. ICAO codes that begin with Y belong to Australia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 33.8835° S, 150.7130° E. It stands 80 metres (262 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Sydney, about 46 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Australia/Sydney, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,700 metres (12,139 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 156 airports of Australia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 2.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,700 m 12,139 ft | 476 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sydney Kingsford Smith International AirportSydney (Mascot) | SYD | 43 km |
| Palm Beach Seaplane BaseSydney | LBH | 65 km |
| Bathurst AirportBathurst | BHS | 112 km |
| Newcastle AirportWilliamtown | NTL | 160 km |
| Canberra AirportCanberra | CBR | 211 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 10,395 km | 13 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 10,117 km | 12 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,000 km | 14 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 16,987 km | 21 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 16,050 km | 19 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,095 km | 15 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,253 km | 8 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,804 km | 9 h 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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