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YSBK · BWU

Sydney Bankstown Airport

-33.92440°N
150.98801°W
ARR / DAY
15
80.8%
DEP / DAY
14
82.3%

Sydney Bankstown Airport (YSBK/BWU) is a medium general aviation airport located in Sydney, Australia. It features 3 runways with the longest being 4,644 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 15 arrivals and 14 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

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13 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 10 AM · 1 movement every 257 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
BWUYXMD
Mount Druitt, AU
Airservices Australia 1 2h 38m
BWUTMW
Tamworth, AU
Care Flight (NSW) 1 1h 0m

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7 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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drlexwinter
12/29/2023
re: Bankstown
Appears to be true, every example of a student from Bankstown I have encountered was terrifying. They were woefully inept, remarkably low IQ, and had barely a grasp of the English language. All of them were foreigners too. Makes me wonder if you guys have any Australians left down there. I'm sure that Karen's and Daren's virtue signalling on Facebook for social good boy points about how happy they are with the foreign food are having a field day though.
drlexwinter
12/29/2023
re: Where else to go and practice/learn how to fly???
Your English language skills are so poor it terrifies me that you're operating an aircraft in Australia. This is a shameful display of the low bar of the CAA these days.
adidas
01/30/2022
incorrect position
incorrect position
MooneyMike
12/23/2011
re: Story about midair collision
Reply to @david: I completed my CPL and ME-IFR out of Bankstown. I then logged over 1000 hours teaching VFR students. The essence is to look outside the cockpit when approaching any airport and particularly an inbound reporting point such as 2RN (radio mast) or Prospect Reservoir at a busy GA training centre. With so much available as pilot aids, GPS and Traffic Warnings, it is too easy to be distracted by what's displayed INSIDE the cockpit while the actual danger is OUTSIDE. Under VFR, the PIC is responsible for separation. 2RN is difficult to see in some conditions but the instructors (one is each plane) know the cues for finding it and need to explain that to the students, all while looking outside the cockpit!
Anonymous
02/26/2011
Where else to go and practice/learn how to fly???
I am a student pilot as well - learning helicopters. Now I suppose we could have an airport in the middle of nowhere, but how do you get there?? Bankstown isn't close (I live near the City), but certainly closer than Camden. I mean, this is Australia and we fly here. So... where else to go???
Anonymous
08/25/2007
Bankstown
Too many sausage factory air schools here
Yannick
08/02/2007
where I have done my first solo flight
I am a student pilot at Schofields Flying Club based there
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