AirportsYasawa Island Airport is a small airport serving Yasawa Island, in Western Division, Fiji. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is YAS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- YAS
- ICAO code
- NFSW
- City
- Yasawa Island
- State or region
- Western Division
- Country
- Fiji
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 16.7589° S, 177.5450° E
- Elevation
- 9 m (29 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 594 m (1,950 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, YAS means Yasawa Island Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: NFSW. ICAO codes that begin with N belong to the South Pacific. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 16.7589° S, 177.5450° E. It stands 9 metres (29 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Lautoka, about 96 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Pacific/Fiji, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Yasawa Island Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 594 metres (1,950 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 7 airports of Fiji on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 7.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 594 m 1,950 ft | not listed | Earth | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Nadi International AirportNadi | NAN | 112 km |
| Mana Island AirportMana Island | MNF | 112 km |
| Malolo Lailai Island AirportMalolo Lailai Island | PTF | 119 km |
| Levuka AirfieldBureta | LEV | 167 km |
| Nausori International AirportNausori | SUV | 179 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,885 km | 14 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,107 km | 15 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,982 km | 17 h 20 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 16,151 km | 20 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,772 km | 15 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,811 km | 11 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 8,304 km | 10 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,046 km | 9 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 3,250 km | 4 h 25 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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