AirportsNantucket Memorial Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Nantucket, in Massachusetts, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is ACK.
Key facts
- IATA code
- ACK
- ICAO code
- KACK
- City
- Nantucket
- State or region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 41.2531° N, 70.0602° W
- Elevation
- 14 m (47 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 1,921 m (6,303 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, ACK means Nantucket Memorial Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KACK. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 41.2531° N, 70.0602° W. It stands 14 metres (47 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is New Bedford, about 84 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/New York, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Nantucket Memorial Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 1,921 metres (6,303 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 422.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 1,921 m 6,303 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 15/33 | 1,372 m 4,500 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Martha's Vineyard AirportMartha's Vineyard | MVY | 49 km |
| Cape Cod Gateway AirportHyannis | HYA | 50 km |
| New Bedford Regional AirportNew Bedford | EWB | 88 km |
| Newport State AirportNewport | NPT | 106 km |
| Rhode Island T. F. Green International AirportProvidence/Warwick | PVD | 125 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,549 km | 14 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,294 km | 15 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 10,729 km | 13 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 5,252 km | 6 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 320 km | 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 4,280 km | 5 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,240 km | 18 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,949 km | 13 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,328 km | 20 h 10 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.
Links
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