AirportsWangerooge Airport is a small airport serving Wangerooge, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is AGE.
Key facts
- IATA code
- AGE
- ICAO code
- EDWG
- City
- Wangerooge
- State or region
- Lower Saxony
- Country
- Germany
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 53.7825° N, 7.9196° E
- Elevation
- 2 m (7 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 850 m (2,789 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, AGE means Wangerooge Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: EDWG. ICAO codes that begin with E belong to northern Europe. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 53.7825° N, 7.9196° E. It stands 2 metres (7 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Bremerhaven, about 50 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Berlin, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Wangerooge Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 850 metres (2,789 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 38 airports of Germany on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 33.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 850 m 2,789 ft | 20 m | Asphalt | not listed |
| 01/19 | 500 m 1,640 ft | 30 m | Grass | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Baltrum AirportBaltrum | BMR | 36 km |
| Helgoland-Düne AirportHelgoland | HGL | 45 km |
| Norderney AirportNorderney | NRD | 46 km |
| Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval AirbaseWurster Nordseeküste | FCN | 49 km |
| Norden-Norddeich AirportNorddeich | NOD | 51 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,142 km | 7 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,670 km | 8 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,018 km | 6 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 621 km | 1 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,986 km | 7 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,983 km | 11 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,285 km | 12 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,060 km | 11 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,400 km | 20 h 15 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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