Bankstown Airport YSBK / BWU
Sydney's main GA reliever, 35 minutes south-west of the CBD, with no curfew-driven congestion and customs by prior arrangement. The short runway restricts it to turboprops and light jets; heavy traffic uses Kingsford Smith.
4,646 ft
Longest runway
35 min
Drive to Sydney
1
FBOs / handlers
29 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- 06:00–22:00 (Confirm with the airport); PPR for jets
- 24-hour operations
- No
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1, Avgas 100LL
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 22 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Turboprops and light jets (Citation CJ, Phenom 300, PC-12, King Air).
- Website
- www.bankstownairport.com.au
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Bankstown Airport FBO (Aeria Management)
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Compare published takeoff distances
Initial comparison of published takeoff distances and runway length (4,646 ft). Confirm aircraft suitability and current restrictions with the operator.
Within the screening threshold
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000S 4,325 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Legacy 500 4,084 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Praetor 500 4,222 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Legacy 450 3,907 ft
- Textron Aviation Citation Latitude 3,580 ft
- Textron Aviation Citation Sovereign+ 3,530 ft
Above the screening threshold
- Bombardier Learjet 75 Liberty needs 4,440 ft
- Bombardier Learjet 75 needs 4,440 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000LXS needs 4,675 ft
Other airports for Sydney
- Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport YSSY 13,000 ft · 20 min
What it costs to fly here privately
Sources and credits
- Bankstown Airport · YSSYguy at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons