# Sydney Bankstown Airport (BWU / YSBK)

**Sydney Bankstown Airport** (IATA: BWU, ICAO: YSBK) is a medium airport in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It has 3 runways; the longest is 1,416 m (4,644 ft).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BWU / YSBK
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Elevation: 9 m / 29 ft
- Coordinates: -33.9236, 150.9908
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 1,416 m / 4,644 ft
- Time zone: UTC+11/+10 · Australia/Sydney
- Website: http://www.bankstownairport.com.au/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankstown_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17521
- Weather station: YSBK · WMO 94765
- Ident: YSBK

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11C/29C | 1,416 m / 4,644 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 124° / 304° | yes |
| 11L/29R | 1,100 m / 3,609 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 124° / 304° | yes |
| 11R/29L | 1,042 m / 3,419 ft | 23 m / 75 ft | Asphalt | 124° / 304° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,416 m / 4,644 ft | #7,687 of 29,858 | #479 in Oceania | #372 in AU |
| Elevation | 9 m / 29 ft | =40,644 of 43,403 | =1,943 in Oceania | =1,155 in AU |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =22 in Oceania | =9 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 120.900 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 132.800 |
| FSS | SYDNEY CENTRE | 124.550 |
| GND | GND | 119.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 132.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [SYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yssy.md) Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · 17 km / 11 mi
- [WSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0539.md) Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport · 26 km / 16 mi
- [CDU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yscn.md) Camden Airport · 31 km / 19 mi
- [XRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ysri.md) RAAF Base Richmond · 40 km / 25 mi
- [WOL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yshl.md) Shellharbour Airport · 73 km / 46 mi
- [NOA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ysnw.md) Naval Air Station Nowra - HMAS Albatross · 121 km / 75 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)
- [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/ysbk/data