Sydney Bankstown Airport (BWU)

Sydney, AU 🇦🇺 Medium Airport

ICAO

YSBK

IATA

BWU

Elevation

29 ft

Region

AU-NSW

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Airport Information

GPS Code: YSBK

Local Code: Not available

Location: -33.923618° N, 150.990792° E

Continent: OC

Type: Medium Airport

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Designation Length Width Surface Status
11C/29C 4644 ft 98 ft ASP Active Lighted
11L/29R 3609 ft 98 ft ASP Active Lighted
11R/29L 3419 ft 75 ft ASP Active Lighted

Type Description Frequency
ATIS ATIS 120.9 MHz
CTAF CTAF 132.8 MHz
FSS SYDNEY CENTRE 124.55 MHz
GND GND 119.9 MHz
TWR TWR 132.8 MHz

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Nearby Airports

Bankstown - City Sports Complex HLS
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Heliport
~3 km away
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Heliport
~6 km away
Auburn Medical (Wyatt Park) Helicopter Landing Site
YXAU
Auburn, AU
Heliport
~9 km away
Holsworthy (Military) Airport
YSHW
Luscombe, AU
Small Airport
~9 km away
Fairfield Hospital Helipad
YFHO
Fairfield, AU
Heliport
~11 km away
Rosehill Heliport Airport
YRSH
NoneAU
Heliport
~11 km away
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re: Bankstown Posted by drlexwinter on December 29, 2023

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.

re: Where else to go and practice/learn how to fly??? Posted by drlexwinter on December 29, 2023

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.

incorrect position Posted by adidas on January 30, 2022

incorrect position

re: Story about midair collision Posted by MooneyMike on December 23, 2011

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!

Where else to go and practice/learn how to fly??? Posted by on February 26, 2011

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???

Story about midair collision Posted by david on December 18, 2008

This is a bit sensationalist, but it suggests that the VFR routes into Bankstown are too restricted for the safe flow of traffic:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,24821548-23349,00.html

Bankstown Posted by on August 25, 2007

Too many sausage factory air schools here

where I have done my first solo flight Posted by Yannick on August 2, 2007

I am a student pilot at Schofields Flying Club based there