Airports / Australia / BWU
Sydney Bankstown Airport
YSBK / BWUSydney, AustraliaELEV 29 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
9 nm
To the nearest alternate
Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD) — 5 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Sydney Bankstown Airport (YSBK / BWU) sits in Sydney, Australia, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 29 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into BWU for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD, 9 nm), Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (WSI, 14 nm), and Camden Airport (CDU, 17 nm).
Charter pricing from BWU depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Sydney.
Field capability
ICAO
YSBK
IATA
BWU
FAA / Local
YSBK
Elevation
29 ft
Coordinates
33.9236° S · 150.9908° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Australia fields
state range 7–4,260 ft
At 29 ft, BWU sits lower than 88% of the 191 Australia fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 9nmSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportSydney (Mascot)
- 14nmWSIWestern Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) AirportSydney
- 17nmCDUCamden AirportCobbitty
- 22nmXRHRAAF Base RichmondRichmond
- 40nmWOLShellharbour AirportAlbion Park Rail
- 65nmNOANaval Air Station Nowra - HMAS AlbatrossNowra Hill
Location
Open the full mapYSBK · Sydney Bankstown Airport · Sydney, Australia