Bankstown Airport is a general aviation

General aviation

General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

 airport and business park located in the City of Bankstown

City of Bankstown

The City of Bankstown is a city and Local Government Area in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, centred on the suburb of Bankstown....

, 22 km (13.7 mi) from the central business district of Sydney, Australia. The airport is situated on 313 ha (773.4 acre) of land and has three parallel runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

s, several apron areas, a small passenger terminal and a business park, home to over 170 businesses.

Bankstown Airport operates 24 hours a day, with limitations placed on night circuit training.