# Bairnsdale Airport (BSJ / YBNS)

**Bairnsdale Airport** (IATA: BSJ, ICAO: YBNS) is a medium airport in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia. It opened in 1939. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,101 m (3,612 ft). It is operated by Shire of East Gippsland.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybns

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BSJ / YBNS
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Shire of East Gippsland
- Serves: Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia
- Opened: 1939 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 50 m / 165 ft
- Coordinates: -37.8875, 147.5694
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,101 m / 3,612 ft
- Time zone: UTC+11/+10 · Australia/Melbourne
- Website: https://www.eastgippsland.vic.gov.au/aerodromes/bairnsdale-airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bairnsdale_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17901
- Weather station: YMES · WMO 94907
- Ident: YBNS

## Timeline

- 1939: Bairnsdale Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 1,101 m / 3,612 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 055° / 235° | yes |
| 14/32 | 850 m / 2,789 ft | 18 m / 60 ft | Asphalt | 145° / 325° |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,101 m / 3,612 ft | =11,770 of 29,858 | #951 in Oceania | #779 in AU |
| Elevation | 50 m / 165 ft | =34,839 of 43,403 | =1,381 in Oceania | =857 in AU |
| Age | Opened 1939 | =1,029 of 15,079 | =32 in Oceania | =23 in AU |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania | =33 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| FSS | MELBOURNE CNTR | 124.000 |
| AWIS |  | 133.725 |
| PAL |  | 123.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [YMES](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymes.md) RAAF Base East Sale · 44 km / 27 mi
- [SXE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ywsl.md) West Sale Airport · 58 km / 36 mi
- [MHU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yhot.md) Mount Hotham Airport · 96 km / 59 mi
- [TGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yltv.md) Latrobe Valley Airport · 103 km / 64 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Bairnsdale Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bairnsdale_Airport&oldid=1363015810), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybns/data