AirportsAral Tarim Airport is a small airport serving Aral, in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is ACF.
Key facts
- IATA code
- ACF
- ICAO code
- ZWAL
- City
- Aral
- State or region
- Xinjiang Autonomous Region
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 40.4347° N, 81.2621° E
- Elevation
- not listed
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,800 m (9,186 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, ACF means Aral Tarim Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZWAL. ICAO codes that begin with Z belong to China, Mongolia and North Korea. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 40.4347° N, 81.2621° E.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Urumqi, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Aral Tarim Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,800 metres (9,186 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 256 airports of China on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 94.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 2,800 m 9,186 ft | 45 m | Concrete | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Aksu Hongqipo AirportAksu (Onsu) | AKU | 123 km |
| Tumxuk Tangwangcheng AirportTumxuk | TWC | 183 km |
| Kuqa Qiuci AirportKuqa | KCA | 193 km |
| Zhaosu Tianma AirportZhaosu | ZFL | 295 km |
| Karakol International AirportKarakol, Kyrgyzstan | IKG | 331 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 1,375 km | 2 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,505 km | 3 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 2,932 km | 4 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,100 km | 7 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,654 km | 13 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,502 km | 14 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,913 km | 6 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,064 km | 6 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 10,937 km | 13 h 40 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
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